Secret of the Crooked Cat

by Robert Arthur, William Arden, Roger Hall (Illustrator)

160 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1975

About the author

Robert Arthur (1909-1969) was a versatile mystery writer born November 10, 1909, on Corregidor Island, where his father served as a U.S. Army officer. He is best known as the creator of The Three Investigators, a mystery book series for young people, but he began his career writing for the pulps, and later worked in both radio and television. He studied at William and Mary College for two years before earning a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Michigan. In 1931, he moved to New York City, where he wrote mysteries, fantasies, and horror stories for magazines like Weird Tales, Amazing Stories, Detective Fiction Weekly, and Black Mask throughout the 1930s.

Later, with David Kogan, he co-created and produced The Mysterious Traveler radio show (1944-1952), earning a 1953 Edgar Award. He and Kogan also won an Edgar, in 1950, for Murder By Experts. In 1959, Arthur relocated to Hollywood, scripting for The Twilight Zone and serving as story editor and writer for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, while ghost-editing numerous "Alfred Hitchcock" anthologies for adults and children.

In 1963, Arthur settled in Cape May, New Jersey, where he created The Three Investigators series with The Secret of Terror Castle (1964). He wrote ten novels in the series before his death in Philadelphia on May 2, 1969. The 43-title series, continued after his death by writers-for-hire working for Random House, was published in over twenty-five languages and thirty countries. (Originally branded as "Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators", Random House dropped the Hitchcock name from the series after Hitchcock's death.)

In June of 2024, Hollow Tree Press reissued Robert Arthur's original ten novels as a sixtieth anniversary edition. Those editions have end notes written by his daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth Arthur and Steven Bauer, and Hollow Tree Press is also publishing a twenty-six book New Three Investigators series written by Arthur and Bauer.

Reviews

[Paniz · Rating 5 out of 5]

داستان با نام دار شیر عروسکی توسط نشر جاودان خرد ترجمه شده.
در یک کارناوال ، در غرفه ای که شیر عروسکی جایزه میدهند ، ناگهان فردی حمله و به زور شیرر عروسکی ای می دزدد.
از طرفی فردا هم برای پیدا کردن شیر عروسکی آگهی ای زده میشود و خواستار آن هستند.
چیزی ارزشمند در شکم این شیر قرار دارد و این بار سه کاراگاه، این دزد و راز شیر عروسکی را اشکار میکنند.

مناسب نوجوانان
بسیار عالی.
معمایی خیلی جالب که خیلی زیبا حل شد.
فوقالعاده بود.

[Vincent T. Ciaramella · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fifth Three Investigators read with my son this year. So far, this was my least favorite. Now, I don't mean to imply that there was anything wrong with the story. It just wasn't one that grabbed me like The Purple Pirate or The Stuttering Parrot or The Sinister Scarecrow.