The Three Investigators Series – Blog Tour
The Three Investigators series are a wonderful and wholesome mix ofadventure, mystery, comedy, and critical thinking/detection. Theyenthralled several generations of readers worldwide – and in thesenew 60th-anniversary editions, they are again ready to take onthe world!
The Secret of Terror Castle
The ThreeInvestigators Book 1
by Robert Arthur
Genre: Middle Grade Mysteries with a Supernatural hook
In the first adventure of Robert Arthur’s classic mystery series,it’s 1964 in the town of Rocky Beach, California. Working out oftheir newly established Headquarters – an old trailer hidden behindcarefully arranged junk in the Jones Salvage Yard – and drivenaround southern California in a gold-plated vintage Rolls Roycethey’ve won the use of in a contest, Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw,and Bob Andrews decide to get publicity for their fledgling detectivefirm by finding a real haunted house for the renowned film directorReginald Clarke.
But although the highly rational Jupiterstarts with the belief that there is no such thing as a ghost, aspook, a phantom, or a spirit, Terror Castle – the old mansionsupposedly troubled by the ghost of the late Stephen Terrill, thesilent horror film star called the Man with a Million Faces – mayprove him wrong!
By turns exciting, spine-tingling, andhumorous, The Secret of Terror Castle promises to please not only theexisting fan base of The Three Investigators series but a whole newgeneration of readers who will find in its pages three very differentboys whose imagination, courage, and intelligence can remind us thatcuriosity, perseverance, and rational inquiry are just as vital asfriendship and cooperation.
At the end of each ThreeInvestigators book published by Hollow Tree Press are notes writtenby Robert Arthur’s daughter and son-in-law, exploring three subjectsconnected to the story – in this case, Silent Movies, SalvageYards, and Rolls Royces – and young readers may want to use thenotes as guidelines for further investigation. After all, the mottoof The Three Investigators is “We Investigate Anything,”and their trademark is “???” – three question marks, takentogether.
On the 60th anniversary of the creation of TheThree Investigators series, the first-ever English-language e-bookeditions of Robert Arthur’s novels, as well as the first newEnglish-language print editions in over twenty-five years, standready to delight a whole new audience. Be sure to seek out all tentitles!
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The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot
The ThreeInvestigators Book 2
In the second adventure of Robert Arthur’s classic mystery series,Jupiter, Pete and Bob are in search of a missing parrot. The casesoon gets complicated as they discover that not one but six talkingparrots and a mynah bird have disappeared.
With the helpof their new friend Carlos, the Three Investigators figure out thateach of the birds has been taught to recite part of a complex puzzle,that, when taken together, could lead the boys to a great painting.But as their search takes them to a spooky graveyard, they’re not theonly ones hot on the trail!
By turns puzzling, compelling,and absorbing, The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot promises toplease not only the existing fan base of The Three Investigatorsseries but a whole new generation of readers who will find in itspages three very different boys whose imagination, courage, andintelligence can remind us that curiosity, perseverance, and rationalinquiry are just as vital as friendship and cooperation.
Atthe end of each Three Investigators book published by Hollow TreePress are notes written by Robert Arthur’s daughter and son-in-law,exploring three subjects connected to the story – in this case,Puzzles and Word Games, Parrots, and Sherlock Holmes – and youngreaders may want to use these notes as guidelines for furtherinvestigation. After all, the motto of The Three Investigators is “WeInvestigate Anything,” and their trademark is “???” – threequestion marks, taken together.
On the 60th anniversary ofthe creation of The Three Investigators series, the first-everEnglish-language e-book editions of Robert Arthur’s novels, as wellas the first new English-language print editions in over twenty-fiveyears, stand ready to delight a whole new audience. Be sure to seekout all ten titles!
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ROBERTARTHUR is best known as the creator of THE THREE INVESTIGATORS, theclassic mystery series for young readers, for which he wrote thefirst ten books before his untimely death in 1969. Bythe time the last English-language-original book was published in thelate 1980s, there were forty-three titles, some of which had beentranslated into over twenty languages.
Young readers in the U.S., Canada,Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, Denmark, Italy,Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, and Slovakia, as well as in France,Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and throughout theSpanish-speaking world grew up on the books, and many credit theirlifetime love of reading to having discovered the story of threeyoung American boys who form a detective agency.
Robert Arthur got the idea for the serieswhile working in Hollywood as a story editor, showrunner, andscriptwriter for Alfred Hitchcock’s TV show, AlfredHitchcock Presents. In 1963, heleft Hollywood and moved to Cape May, New Jersey, where, in abrown-shingled house two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, he createdThe Three Investigators. TheSecret of Terror Castle and TheMystery of the Stuttering Parrot werepublished in 1964 by Random House. The series’ original title wasALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS.
The bookshave supernatural hooks — haunted houses, whispering mummies,gnomes, ghosts riding carousels, screaming clocks, talking skulls —that turn out, after closer examination, to have rationalexplanations.
From his memories of his years in southernCalifornia, Arthur created the small fictional town of RockyBeach, not far from Hollywood. His disbelief and dismay at the wayold houses were being torn down and their contents junked resulted inhis placing The Three Investigators Headquarters in a salvage yard,where all sorts of goods have been reclaimed and are for sale. Hebased his head investigator, Jupiter Jones, on his idea of a youngAmerican Sherlock Holmes, and the boy who keeps records and doesresearch — Bob Andrews — he based on himself (they have thesame initials!)
The books are a wonderful and wholesome mixof adventure, mystery, comedy, and critical thinking/detection. Theyenthralled several generations of readers worldwide – and in thisnew 60th-anniversary edition, they are again ready to take onthe world.
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