The three investigators in The mystery of the flaming footprints

The Three investigators mystery series ;

Copertina rigida, 175 pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 10 Giugno 1984 da Random House.

ISBN:
978-0-394-86415-0
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Numero OCLC:
10123387

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When an eccentric local artist disappears suddenly, the three investigators look into the matter.

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This is a relatively late and inferior entry in the Three Investigators series. The series was created by Robert Arthur, a woefully neglected author who did a great deal of work with Alfred Hitchcock; Arthur wrote the first nine and the eleventh book in the series. Unfortunately M.V. Carey was no Robert Arthur!

I recently read the book to my son. We've read many of the books in the series together. In this one, there were several ways in which the book simply didn't work. Oh, Carey included the usual iconic elements of the series; Jupiter Jones' family, and the hidden Headquarters (a trailer buried under a pile of junk), and Pete, and Bob. But there are several false notes.

One that was particularly annoying was the use of Jupiter's name. Arthur usually referred to him as "Jupiter" or "Jupiter Jones". Once in a while his fellow Investigators, Pete or …

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