so-so(1969) Twelfth in the "Three Investigators" series of juvenile mysteries. This one has the boys stumbling across a sinister plot to steal the lost treasure of a fictional Native American tribe. The mystery is mostly transparent, and several things haven't aged well -- most noticably the depiction of Native Americans. It's still the Three Investigators but not one of the better ones.
Pretty sure this is the fastest I've ever clocked a #BookSpin, since "The Mystery of the Talking Skull" was my New Year's read. So ... success! My #DoubleSpin is a Spanish novella which won the Premio Ignotus last year in the "short novel" category. My español is muy básica so I expect that one will take a little longer.
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so-so(1969) Eleventh in my favorite juvenile mystery series. In this one Jupe, Pete, and Bob buy an old trunk at an auction. The trunk turns out to have belonged to a traveling magician: among its contents are the magician's trademark trick "the talking skull", and a letter with clues pointing to a hidden treasure. It's not one of the series' best -- too many points that stretch believability for that -- but it's fast and fun as always.
so-so(1967) Eighth in the Three Investigators series, and the weakest so far. The prince of a tiny European monarchy invites the boys abroad to attend his coronation. The US government gets involved, and employs the boys as "junior agents" inside the castle. It's less a mystery than a Ruritanian adventure, and feels out of place in the series, though I probably liked it fine when I was in the target audience.
This was my #DoubleSpin for January
pickFinished this puzzle my mom gave me a while ago… it was a mystery, no picture of the puzzle with it, but a murder mystery that describes the crime scene. It was pretty neat, I did the puzzle first and just read the little short story about the three suspects. Got to try out my new puzzle board I got for Christmas. Happy new year everyone!
pick(1967) Seventh in the Three Investigators mystery series. In this one Jupiter, Pete, and Bob help a British boy whose American uncle has left him a mysterious inheritance and the only clues to its location are in a cryptic letter left by his uncle.
It's a tidy little puzzle, and the Three Investigators do what they do. If you like the formula then you'll like this one too, as I did.
This is my #DoubleSpin read for November.
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One of the best combinations: the three question marks and an espresso.
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pickStumbled across this 4th volume in Upson‘s series featuring Josephine Tey (!) and her posse as she plays detective in the golden years between world wars. Little catty throwaway lines on Dorothy Sayers and other writers, star studded IRL cameos, and meticulously researched crimes that inspire Tey‘s cases got me started binge reading all 10 books. Can be uneven but what kept me going was the totally #queerlitsy soap that‘s her love life throughout
pickWhen their offer to help investigate a jewel robbery is refused, the Three Investigators help an author of children's fantasy books with a gnome infestation. Suspecting something ridiculous, the boys stumble instead upon a criminal plot ... and peril. As with others in the series, some well-intentioned ethnic characterizations have not aged well, but the mystery in this one is a cut above the last.
