The Black Island

The books cover art.

The Black Island is the story of counterfeiting money in Scotland, first published in 1938.

During a walk in the countryside Tintin observes a plane making an emergency landing. He approaches with the intention of assisting and notices that it does not have a registration number. As he nears the plane he is shot by the pilot and collapses. Tintin recovers in hospital where detectives Thomson and Thompson tell him that another plane has crashed in a field in Sussex, England. Tintin decides to investigate these events further.

Taking a train from Brussels to the coast, Tintin boards a ferry from Ostend to Dover. During this trip he is framed for the assault and robbery of a fellow passenger (who is actually part of a clandstine criminal gang that Tintin has inadvertently come across). Thompson and Thomson arrest Tintin, but he escapes by handcuffing them to each other while they were asleep.

After arriving in England, Tintin is kidnapped by the same men who framed him on the train. They take him to a clifftop, with the intention of making him jump off it, but Tintin manages to escape with Snowy's assistance. His investigations lead him to Dr. J.W. Müller who, with his chauffeur Ivan, is part of a gang of money counterfeiters, led by Puschov, the so-called victim on the train.