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...

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...

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...

When Jupiter is kidnapped by mistake, in an attempt by political extremists to unseat the liberal Prime Minister of Nanda, an African nation...

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...

The boys help out a school-friend, Diego Alvaro and stumble across a centuries old mystery, involving a missing, jewel encrusted sword, enco...

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...

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...

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...

Quite by chance, the Three Investigators encounter Mrs Darnley and her house filled with mirrors, including the goblin glass which appears t...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

The boys are despatched by Alfred Hitchcock to Jungle Land, where the owner - Hitchcock’s friend Jim Hall - is having trouble with a nervous...

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...

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...

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 ...

William Arden’s first credited book, this has a legendary lost hoard of gold, a hunchbacked shadow (that laughs, maniacally), suspicious Eng...

The last Robert Arthur book, this has a good strong opening and maintains a cracking pace throughout. Staying close to Rocky Beach, the regu...

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 ...

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...

Following a near accident, the boys are invited to the principality of Varania, to help Prince Djaro discover the location of the fabled Sil...

Alfred Hitchcock approaches the boys with their latest case, endeavouring to help an English boy (August August) to find his inheritance, a...

The only hardback in my collection (‘liberated’ from Junior school), this mystery has always appealed to me - I liked the idea of going away...

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...

Starting with one of the better opening sequences of the series, this mystery maintains its initial pace and interest well. Splitting the te...

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 ...

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 ...

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...