Biggles sets a trap is one of the late Biggles books, published in 1962, and contains not a single airplane. In fact, I think airplanes is only mentioned once, in regards to Sir Leofric Landaville losing his license due to reckless flying.

Said Sir Leofric visits Biggles in his office at Scotland Yard and asks help solving a curse, that every heir of the Landaville family dies in accidents and have done so for hundreds of years. A curious Biggles who is without any current case follows Sir Leofric to his derilict house, without water, electricity or telephone and starts investigating the curse.

One thing that stands out in this one is that there is a foreword with some information about the war of the roses, a civil war in the 15th century in England. The reader might almost learn something. I approve.

All in all though, as many other Biggles books this is a simple adventure without any complications whatsoever. Clearly targetted at the younger audience and not I who read them in an hour or two as a disconnect from the real world. As such, I deem this one fair but nothing special. ( )