The Three Detectives and the Knight in Armor

by Simon Brett

Emma, Stewie, and Marcus risk their lives to discover who is replacing a priceless collection of medieval armor with fiberglass imitations at Scalethorpe Castle

164 pages, Library Binding

First published October 1, 1987

About the author

Simon Brett is a prolific British writer of whodunnits.

He is the son of a Chartered Surveyor and was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he got a first class honours degree in English.

He then joined the BBC as a trainee and worked for BBC Radio and London Weekend Television, where his work included 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and 'Frank Muir Goes Into ...'.

After his spells with the media he began devoting most of his time to writing from the late 1970s and is well known for his various series of crime novels.

He is married with three children and lives in Burpham, near Arundel, West Sussex, England. He is the current president of the Detection Club.

Reviews

[Henry Reed · Rating 1 out of 5]

I rated "Missing Superstar"--the first installment of this series--as two stars, in large part for the novelty and nostalgia of a youth sleuth caper. It wasn't good, but I hoped Simon Brett had perhaps ironed out some of the kinks in this second story and that it would read more enjoyably. He hadn't, and it didn't. The premise was good, but every other aspect of the book was painfully bad. With three young detectives, you'd expect three distinct personalities and strengths--but you'd be wrong. Instead, you find three kids whose only distinguishing characteristics are simpering and seeing clues only when hammered over the head with them. I did not want to be friends with any of them, and didn't much care whether they solved the case. ("Solving the case" in the world of The Three Detectives seems to involve one of the character's movie production father and a substantial helping of coincidence.) For a long time, I thought it odd this series had only two titles. Now, having read them, my only surprise is they were published at all.