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The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators #3)
The Three Investigators discover a sinister clock with an alarm that sounds like the scream of a woman in mortal terror. Who could have made such a clock -- and why? Jupiter, Pete, and Bob immediately embark on a search to discover the origins of the mysterious clock. When they come across a run-down house in Hollywood, they find an entire room full of dreadful clocks -- w...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
May 12th 1978
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published 1965)
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2008 review - 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 holds up. The characters are well drawn, the mystery makes sense and there’s plenty of history to absorb. There isn’t really a downside, except that this does include a chapter not told from a TTI-lead POV and, as an adult reading it, that did grate slightly. But otherwise, this was very good, a sterling TTI adventure and more proof - if it wer...more
Trio Detektif kali ini menghadapi misteri mummi yang berbisik-bisik ga jelas karena memakai bahasa timur tengah kuno. Untuk kasus ini, udah ketebak banget dari awal siapa dalang misteri mummi berbisik. Tapi tetep lumayan seru lah membacanya walaupun untuk jaman sekarang sebagian alat mereka yang canggih di masanya, sekarang jadi terkesan sekuno mummi berbisik. Misalnya, walkie talkie. Di buku ini, gara-gara walkie talkie yang kurang canggih pelacakan jadi terhambat. Kekeke, jaman itu belum ada G...more
When I was growing up, I counted the Three Investigators mysteries The Mystery of the Green Ghost and The Secret of Terror Castle among my favorite books. The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy isn't quite as gripping as those two, but is still worth reading. I heartily recommend The Three Investigators to intelligent, older children: the stories are engaging, and in every one an apparent supernatural phenomenon is found to have a rational explanation. The latter is a lesson from which Americans of...more
I am giving two stars only because I like the three main characters. It is more like 1.5.
I hated most of the characters introduced in this book. Hamid and his stupid superstitious father (who is only mentioned in the story) are the worst. The ending is horrible: the main culprit isn't punished and gets to work for the UN.
Maybe I should take a break with these books and get back to them later. Hamid was too much for me.
I hated most of the characters introduced in this book. Hamid and his stupid superstitious father (who is only mentioned in the story) are the worst. The ending is horrible: the main culprit isn't punished and gets to work for the UN.
Maybe I should take a break with these books and get back to them later. Hamid was too much for me.
The best childhood series I read starting in the fourth grade. The best of the so called "syndicate Books" Reading them now brings back the memories and pleasure I had when reading them as a child.
A thriller to the core, Robert Author sends us careening to the edge of our seats for the entire duration of the reading, as Jupiter and his buddies unravel a spectacular tale of deception and ancient history in this book. There is absolutely no time for dilly-dallying in this book as page after page of it leads us through a riveting session of uncontrolled curiosity. Why does a 3000 year old mummy decide to whisper to a claustrophobic professor? Why is an Abyssinian Cat's forepaw dyed black to...more
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This book is amazing, the suspense in the is awesome, a lot of good puzzles(don't know if that makes sense or not), and spectacular action.
udah lama bgt baca buku ini, yang paing di inget dari serial trio detektif adalah petualangannya yang luar biasa...seru!
I loved these as a kid and still own them.loved the era and a lot of connections to movies.
One of the first library books that made me love mysteries..and mummies alike :D <3
read this about 20 years ago.
one word: wicked!!
have to read it again, some day....
one word: wicked!!
have to read it again, some day....
Oct 14, 2009
Mark
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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 holds up. The characters are well drawn, the mystery makes sense and there’s plenty of history to absorb. There isn’t really a downside, except that this does include a chapter not told from a TTI-lead POV and, as an adult reading it, that did grate slightly. But otherwise, this was very good, a sterling TTI adventure and more proof - if it were needed - tha...more
A really clever story, one i really enjoyed as it centred around Egyptology.
This book was a little bit scary, but I still loved it. This is a great series! I can't wait to read the next one!!
Some of the first books i ever read.
great fun.
great fun.
I liked original TTI series when i was 9-10, i don't remember details now.
Asik nih. Muminya ada rahasianya :D
This was the most interesting case investigated by the 3 Investigators. A mummy in a living room all of a sudden starts talking... or rather whispering. He only does it when the owner of the house is in the room. The mummy, as with all mummies, was discovered with a curse and soon one by one the people who had discovered the mummy dropped lyk flies. Now it seems the last survivor is going to bite the dust. Read the book to find out what really lies behind the mummy's whisperings...
ilustrasinya bagus :)
my old time favorite book. i think this was the book that started my interest to read non-ilustrated books/comics. as for the story, it was briliant! this is the 1st of the 3 investigators, or trio detective as i knew it, novel of many that i've read. i've forgotten the others but as far as i know i like all of them. i like the logical methods used to solve the mistery and ofcourse the story itself.
This series is a wonderful one for kids. The Hitchcock character only does what amounts to cameos, and sometimes, if I remember correctly, doesn't even show up at all. The ones about the Mexican bandit and the Spider stand out in my mind and I remember them quite well. Overall, they were all fun to read.
This is the 3rd book I've read of the series in recent days, and I'm starting to get tired of them. I loved these books back when I was a kid in the early '70s, but now their simplistic language annoys me. I still have a few more books in the series I've yet to read, but I think I'm going to take a break.
Trio Detektif! Tokoh kesukaanku dulu. Alfred Hitchcock banget. Kalau Mbak Mun sukanya ngebaca buku-buku Enid Blyton, aku lebih suka Alfred Hitchcock.
Trio Detektif...Bacaan SD dulu...
Seri yang ini bikin gue gak bisa tidur..hii...
Seru banget...
Sama seperti Hilman, semua seri Trio Detektif gue kasih 5 bintang !!!
Seri yang ini bikin gue gak bisa tidur..hii...
Seru banget...
Sama seperti Hilman, semua seri Trio Detektif gue kasih 5 bintang !!!
I love anything to do with mummies and this one deals with a 'haunted' mummy. This was an exciting read as the three boys inevesigate the case of the whispering mummy.
A cool book... made me want to learn ventriloquism!( not sure thats how you spell it... but oh,well)
my first detective book. awesome..
May 24, 2013
Barbara
marked it as to-read
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Robert Jay Arthur, Jr. was a mystery writer known for The Mysterious Traveler radio series and his Three Investigators series of novels. He is frequently confused with the film producer Robert Arthur, who was nine days older than mystery writer Robert Arthur, Jr.
Robert Arthur, Jr. wrote a number of mystery books, mostly for children, and he also worked on the anthology television series Alfred Hit...more
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