Robert Arthur

Gebundenes Buch

The Mystery of the Talking Skull

Beschreibung

With a brand-new Three Investigators series finally launched into the world, it's a great time to also revisit the classic books. The new series, conceived and co-written by Elizabeth Arthur, Robert Arthur's daughter, brings Jupiter, Pete, and Bob into the 21st century. It offers fresh adventures that resonate with today's readers while preserving the timeless spirit of the original tales.But for old fans who fell in love with the series many years ago, this anniversary edition is also a must. At the beginning of Robert Arthur's tenth and final novel in his classic mystery series, Jupiter Jones buys an old steamer trunk at an auction. The trunk originally belonged to a magician who has gone missing and contains a skull named Socrates, which is reputed to talk. But the boys soon discover that others want the trunk, too - including Three-Finger Munger, Maximilian the Mystic, and a mysterious woman named Zelda. Does the trunk hold the clue to the Great Gulliver and the money that has gone missing? What does Socrates have to say about that? By turns eerie, perplexing, and engrossing, The Mystery of the Talking Skull promises to please not only the existing fan base of The Three Investigators series but a whole new generation of readers who will find in its pages three very different boys whose imagination, courage, and intelligence can remind us that curiosity, perseverance, and rational inquiry are just as vital as friendship and cooperation. After all, the motto of The Three Investigators is "We Investigate Anything," and their trademark is " " - three question marks, taken together. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Three Investigators series, this new edition of the Robert Arthur novels includes all ten titles, with end notes written by Elizabeth Arthur and Steven Bauer. Continue the adventure with the contemporary Three Investigators series, crafted for a slightly older audience. The new series spans twenty-six books, from The Mystery of the Abecedarian Academy to The Mystery of the Zoroastrian Zodiac. Explore the full reboot at https: //www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTW2NT8F

Autor

Robert Arthur was born on November 10, 1909, on the island of Corregidor, where his father was serving as an officer in the United States Army. For the first two years of his college career, he attended William and Mary College. He then transferred to the University of Michigan, from which he received a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Journalism.In 1931, he moved to New York City where he wrote mysteries, fantasies, and horror stories for pulp magazines throughout the 1930s. His work from those years appeared in Weird Tales, Amazing Stories, Detective Fiction Weekly, Argosy Weekly, Detective Story Magazine, Collier's, Bluebook, and Black Mask, among many other magazines.Later, with David Kogan, he co-wrote and produced a radio show called The Mysterious Traveler that aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System between 1944 and 1952 and that won an Edgar Award for Best Radio Drama from The Mystery Writers of America in 1953.In 1959, Arthur moved to Hollywood where he worked in television, writing scripts for The Twilight Zone and working as a story editor, show runner, and scriptwriter for Alfred Hitchcock's TV show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. He also started to ghost-edit a series of "Alfred Hitchcock" anthologies for adults and children.In 1963, he left Hollywood and moved to Cape May, New Jersey, where he created a mystery book series for young people. The Secret of Terror Castle and The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot were published in 1964 by Random House, and Arthur wrote eight more Three Investigators novels before his early death in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 2, 1969.After his death, his publisher arranged for other writers to continue writing stories based on his characters and setting. Three Investigators books were published in Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, and Slovakia, as well as in France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world.By the time the last English-language-original Three Investigators book was published in the late 1980s, there were forty-three titles, some of which had been translated into over twenty languages. Robert Arthur's own ten novels are being reissued in English on the 60th anniversary of the first publication of The Secret of Terror Castle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hollow Tree Press
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781969498596
• ISBN-10: 1969498595
• Artikelnr.: 75921212