Wednesday 29 December 2010
The Mystery Of The Invisible Dog
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The boys are hired by Fenton Prentice, who seems to be experiencing a haunting in his apartment and whilst there, they get involved in a rob...
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Thursday 2 December 2010
The Secret Of Shark Reef
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The boys accompany Mr Andrews up to Santa Barbara, where he is working on a story involving the crime writer John Crowe, who is organising a...
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Monday 29 November 2010
The Mystery Of The Sinister Scarecrow
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The boys are on their way across the Santa Monica mountains when the truck has a blow-out. Making their way to a nearby barn to use the phon...
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Thursday 11 November 2010
The Mystery Of The Deadly Double
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When Jupiter is kidnapped by mistake, in an attempt by political extremists to unseat the liberal Prime Minister of Nanda, an African nation...
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The Mystery Of The Magic Circle
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The boys are working part-time at Amigos Press, run by the smart but clumsy Beefy Tremayne. He’s just taken receipt of the potentially expl...
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Wednesday 10 November 2010
The Mystery Of The Headless Horse
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The boys help out a school-friend, Diego Alvaro and stumble across a centuries old mystery, involving a missing, jewel encrusted sword, enco...
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The Mystery Of The Dancing Devil
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One of my all-time favourites, this has one of the best opening sequences in the series (excepting, perhaps, “Green Ghost”), as the boys dis...
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The Mystery Of Death Trap Mine
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Teaming up again with Allie (from “Singing Serpent”), the boys travel to her Uncle’s Christmas Tree farm in New Mexico, which is close to an...
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The Mystery Of The Dead Man’s Riddle
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Dingo Towne, a local character, has died and instead of a regular will, he’s set a series of riddles, with the winner taking his fortune. Hi...
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The Secret Of The Haunted Mirror
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Quite by chance, the Three Investigators encounter Mrs Darnley and her house filled with mirrors, including the goblin glass which appears t...
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The Mystery Of Monster Mountain
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Hans & Konrad travel up to Sky Village, to stay with their cousin Anna and the boys tag along for a camping trip. However, it’s soon obv...
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The Secret Of Phantom Lake
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Well, I started my reading year with a cracker here. The boys are on a buying trip with Aunt Mathilda when they run into Java Jim, who despe...
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The Mystery Of The Shrinking House
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The boys are in the right place at the right time when, accompanying Uncle Titus on a buying trip, they chase an intruder seen racing away f...
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The Mystery Of The Singing Serpent
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This is great fun and a cleverly plotted mystery . Allie Jameson is a neighbour of the Jones’, her parents are in Europe and her aunt is in ...
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The Mystery Of The Nervous Lion
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The boys are despatched by Alfred Hitchcock to Jungle Land, where the owner - Hitchcock’s friend Jim Hall - is having trouble with a nervous...
The Mystery Of The Flaming Footprints
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During my last read-a-thon (1993-1995), this book fared worst of all but reading it again 14+ years later, I think I was a little harsh back...
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The Mystery Of The Coughing Dragon
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The boys are hired to find a missing dog, but then discover the dogs owner has spotted a coughing dragon coming up the beach in front of his...
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The Secret Of The Crooked Cat
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A superb entry in the series, this has a deceptively simple plot but works in some really good set pieces, detection and intrigue along the ...
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The Mystery Of The Laughing Shadow
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William Arden’s first credited book, this has a legendary lost hoard of gold, a hunchbacked shadow (that laughs, maniacally), suspicious Eng...
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The Mystery Of The Talking Skull
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The last Robert Arthur book, this has a good strong opening and maintains a cracking pace throughout. Staying close to Rocky Beach, the regu...
The Mystery Of The Moaning Cave
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An old cave, rumoured to be the resting place of a famed bandit called El Diablo, has suddenly begun to moan and no-one knows why. There by ...
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The Mystery Of The Screaming Clock
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I had it in my head that this and “Talking Skull” are the weakest Arthur books but, upon re-reading this as an adult, I don’t think that’s t...
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The Mystery Of The Silver Spider
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Following a near accident, the boys are invited to the principality of Varania, to help Prince Djaro discover the location of the fabled Sil...
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The Mystery Of The Fiery Eye
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Alfred Hitchcock approaches the boys with their latest case, endeavouring to help an English boy (August August) to find his inheritance, a...
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Tuesday 9 November 2010
The Secret Of Skeleton Island
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The only hardback in my collection (‘liberated’ from Junior school), this mystery has always appealed to me - I liked the idea of going away...
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The Mystery Of The Vanishing Treasure
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Another of my all-time favourites, this is a rollercoaster of an adventure, that never really lets up. It’s been a while since I read it, s...
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The Mystery Of The Green Ghost
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Starting with one of the better opening sequences of the series, this mystery maintains its initial pace and interest well. Splitting the te...
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The Mystery Of The Whispering Mummy
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This has long been my favourite book and I can remember sitting in a chair in Glendeene and reading this in a handful of hours and it still ...
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The Mystery Of The Stuttering Parrot
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For some reason, I’ve never pressed to re-read this book and, having just done so, I can’t understand why. It’s quick, tightly-written, has ...
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The Secret Of Terror Castle
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A sterling, well-written story that sets the series off to a flying start. The characters are well-drawn, the locations ably described and t...
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