Achieve The Mystery Of The Fiery Eye (Alfred Hitchcock And The Three Investigators, #7) Executed By Robert Arthur Listed As Paper Copy

three boy detectives are at it again in their seventh mystery novel, This time around, they help August August, Gus, decipher a cryptic message left for him by his uncle, promising him a valuable fortune after his death.
But straight from the start, they have people on their trail trying to beat them to the treasure.
A man called "threedots" and another called "black mustache" are on their scent, The boys must quickly decipher the clues in the message in order to solve the mystery and to find the fortune so many are after.


This novel reminded me a lot of the Nancy Drew mystery novels, I enjoyed the plot and the twists and turns the boys go through while trying to solve the mystery.
The author does a great job leaving the reader hanging as Jupiter and the other boys uncover clues that lead them closer to the treasure.
It is an easy and entertaining read,

Content Warnings:
There is nothing that concerned me contentwise, AHampTI Update:read,hardbacks to go!

Confidence renewed! What a great addition to the series! All of the titles in the Three Investigators

series are great stories, but after the firsttitles were absolutely awesome, I recently lamented that the sixth book seemed to be fairly "Hardy Boyish" in structure.
The sixth book seemed to rely more on lucky breaks and improbable finds than on good old fashioned deduction of the facts.
That is not really a bad thing, It is just not what I expect or want out of a Three Investigators book, Well, Robert Arthur found the original series formula again for the seventh title, Rather than relying on supernatural luck to help move the plot along, the plot of the Fiery Eye involves more of Sherlock Holmesstyle deduction methods to reach its conclusion.
The RollsRoyce car is backperhaps for a limited time onlyand so are the bikes, the salvage yard trucks, the secret headquarters, and a number of more realistic setbacks for the boys causing a number of twists and turns with the story.
At least three times the case looks hopeless due to these setbacks, yet the plot moves forward not because of a seemingly lucky break but rather a new take, a new insight, or a new deduction of the clues visible since early in the text.
Those new deductions shed new light and opens new paths for the boys to take which leads to the solution of the mystery.
The Mystery of the Fiery Eye is brilliant and an awesome read for ALL readers, but it is especially special for those of us who wish to "delve deeper" into the mysteries of the Three Investigators! In this outing Alfred Hitchcock brings the mystery to Jupiter, Bob, and Pete.
He introduces them to his young English friend, August August, Gus, as he prefers to be called, is looking for help solving a riddle left him as part of an inheritance from his GreatUncle Horatio who recently died in California.
Presumably, if the riddle can be solved, there is some sort of "treasure" to be found, Jupiter assumes it must be valuable, since GreatUncle Horatio went to great trouble to code the directions to its whereabouts.
In fact, along the way, they discover that the treasure is a valuable ruby called the Fiery Eye and that a set of busts from Horatio's estate may hold a clue.


As with most jewels in mysteries of this sortthere is a legend of danger surrounding the gem.
The Investigators and Gus will also discover that an sinister Indian man and a gang of thugs are hot on the trail of the jewel as well.
Will the boys outwit the thieves and see that Gus gets his rightful inheritance

I love revisiting this series that I first found when I went with my then best friend and her family on a shopping trip to the big malls in Ft.
Wayne. That's when Walden Books and B, Dalton were still a thing and I insisted on stopping in all the bookstores, Not too long ago I started reading the titles I had missed when I was youngthe first was The Mystery of the Talking Skull which I got from the library.
I was disappointed that the books had been rereleased without the Hitchcock connection, That was part of the charm for meI've now started looking for vintage editions like the one pictured above where Hitchcock still provides the introductions and interacts with the boys.


These books are good solid stories for young readers, The mystery isn't terribly intricate, but it is interesting and exciting enough to keep one turning the pages.
It's good fun and the clues are such that the young reader has a chance to solve the mystery before Jupe does.
As an adult, I enjoy revisiting the friends of my childhood and tagging along on their adventures.


First posted on my blog sitelinkMy Reader's Block, One of the best stories in the Three Investigator series since the Stuttering Parrot, Excellent pacing, tension, and riddles,.Fun read, easy to follow and loved the old time talk, Well that's just smashing! Wish people still talked like that! I also enjoyed that at the end of the book Alfred Hitchcock sort of came in and wrapped up any lose ends, very complete that way.
Most likely meant for younger audiences, The Three Investigators is a juvenile detective series published in thes,s, ands that spans aboutbooks.
They feature three teenage boys who mostly investigate paranormal type stuff that they debunk somewhat like ScoobyDoo or other abnormal crimes that the police do not handle.
They report their cases to Alfred Hitchcock or a fake director depending on which versions you read.
Their base of operations is hidden away in the depths of a junkyard and it has multiple hidden entrances.
I discovered these books in the library during middle school and promptly read them all, As such, I have a lot of nostalgia for these books,

The Mystery of the Fiery Eye isin the series, The boys are helping another boy to find his inheritance and they are racing other parties to the goal.
Overall it was OK and only took around an hour to read, I read an online ebook version of this since most of these books are out of print.
Sehr spannender und mysteriöser Fall!,