An insight into The Riddle of the Rajah’s Ruby by Enid Blyton: When Nick and Katie’s friends, Sophie and David, inherit a mysterious cursed ruby it causes all sorts of trouble and it’s up to Nick and Katie to rescue them. Their explorations take them to a hidden house and beautiful temple but will the children escape from the clutches of their captors before it’s too late?
Two children Pat and his sister Tessa come across a newspaper report one morning, describing a strange ruby (that of course, brings ill luck to any who have it) once the eye of an idol in India, which has now been inherited by two children, twins, David and Faith Gathergood. These it turns out were children they had met and befriended on a trip to Swanage the previous year. They decide to write to the children, who hope that they will meet again next holiday, but soon they receive another, more strange letter, sent in strange circumstances by the twins who claim they are being taken to a place called Brinking Hill for a holiday by their new governess.
The old one left, frightened by the curse. Pat and Tessa who are once again to go Swanage find that this place is not very far from where they will be. Once there, they make their way to find Brinking Hill (which turns out to be Brinkin Hill), and find after some exploring that the twins are indeed there and being held prisoner by their governess who is hand-in-glove with the villains. The children come up with a plan to rescue their friends but not all goes as it should, and they find themselves in a spot of trouble.
