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The Mystery of the Talking Skull

Robert Arthur

The Mystery of the Talking Skull
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ISBN: 9780006924913

Description

Excitedly they search the antique trunk, and under a purple cloth they find a gleaming white skull. Jupe, Pete and Bob, the Three Investigators, are led on by their discovery to a treasure hunt - and into the middle of a sinister plot.

Reviewed on 2nd February 2016

The eleventh Three Investigators story begins with the youngsters attending an auction of left luggage, where they obtain an old magicians case rumoured to contain his star trick - a skull which speaks.

As T3I stories go, it's fairly run if the mill, with all the usual ingredients - spooky mysteries, gangs of baddies, slightly racist stereotypes, hidden passageways and being caught.

There's nothing much to criticise, but also not a lot to make it stand out against a backdrop of the previous ten books, and so it's difficult to say a lot about. Generally the story stands the test of time, assuming the reader can appreciate that it is a product of its era and that the detectives do not have the advantages of modern conveniences.

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