Baker Family Adventures #5 - Prisoner of the Pyrenees

Mr. Baker steered too far away from the edge and almost lost a side mirror against the mountain wall. He touched the brake to regain control and nudged the steering wheel to the right. In that moment of delay, the SUV surged up from behind and crunched their bumper.
"God have mercy!", he gasped. "They're trying to kill us!"

The Bakers are minding their own business when Briosa Del Quera bursts into their lives. Briosa is an orphaned Catalan girl who is still reeling from her grandfather's death. His last words instructed her to find people called "Baker" and get in contact with a secret agent they know - but Jigson has gone missing in suspicious circumstances and not even his agency is able to contact him.

Detective Mortimer says that Mr. Jigson was last seen in the Pyrenees mountains, and the Bakers are determined to find him and help Briosa get to the bottom of the plot against her grandfather. But as their journey through northern Spain becomes a breathless race to avoid villains and meet allies, they wonder if Briosa has really told them everything…

The Baker Family Adventures series follows the exciting lives of Mr. and Mrs. Baker and their four children: responsible Phil, sensible Abby, daring Andy, and inquisitive Tom. The Bakers are a Christian homeschooling family who, in their desire to help others, frequently find themselves in dangerous situations where they must grow in courage and learn important lessons of godliness.

Prisoner of the Pyrenees is Book Five in the Baker Family Adventures series.

The Series includes these eight books:
Book 1: SUMMER OF SUSPENSE
Book 2: PERIL ON PROVIDENCE ISLAND
Book 3: RIDDLE OF THE RUBY RING
Book 4: THE TREACHEROUS TRAIL
Book 5: PRISONER OF THE PYRENEES
Book 6: ICELAND INTRIGUE
Book 7: HUNTING IN THE HIGHLANDS
Book 8: RESCUE IN THE ROCKIES

From Author R.C. Hedgecock:

Most of my childhood reads were about individuals or groups of children going off on thrilling adventures by themselves. There were no parents around, and hardly any adults (except the villains, of course). Sound familiar?
A few years ago, I began wondering why this was so. Why do adventures have to take place when children are alone? Why are things suddenly more boring when parents are around? Yes, it's true in real life that sensible adults tend to make sure children stay out of dangerous situations, but is the story view that "adventure only happens when we're not around authorities" the right attitude to have? And is there a way to write something different?
This is the point I spent a long time pondering. What if whole families could go on thrilling exploits together? What if parents weren't an impediment to adventure, but rather the reason children get into it in the first place? Wouldn't this be a far more exciting (and Biblical) premise than the one currently offered by stacks of literature out there?
I began to think so, and the Baker Family Adventures Series was born.

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