Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot [Hardcover]

Robert Arthur (Author), Harry Kane (Illustrator), Alfred Hitchcock (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 1964

In searching for a lost parrot who recites Shakespeare with a stutter, Jupiter Jones' firm of young detectives becomes involved with a missing masterpiece.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 179 pages
• Publisher: Random House; 1st edition (September 12, 1964)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394912438
• ISBN-13: 978-0394912431
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,843,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please bring the Three Investigators Back!!!!, February 11, 1998

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[e-mail] (Ithaca New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTCH MYS STUT PARRT-PA (A Windward book) (Paperback)

I, too, read all of the books when I was a child. Now that I'm looking for books to give to friends' children, I discover that these marvelous books are out of print! I beseech the publisher to re-issue them asap. The stuttering parrot has remained with me all these years, so much so that when I hear a reference to Sherlock Holmes, it is the stuttering parrot's "to to be" that immediately pops into my mind. On behalf of a bookwormwho wants to share with the next generation, please bring the boys back! The three investigators may not have been classic literature, but they brought me tremendous pleasure.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should not be out of print!, June 5, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot (Alfred Hitchcock & The Three Investigators, Book 2) (Paperback)

The Three Investigators series was the best set of mysteries I ever read, in addition to Agatha Christie's. I read all of them I could find. And yet, years later, I decided to look them up and not a single library had them anymore. These books should not be out of print! There is something special in Jupiter, Bob, and Pete's (I think I got the names right) detective agency, and the mysteries are especially unique and intriguing. This book is especially memorable. To-to-to be, or not to-to-to be... And that's not the only parrot that's odd

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To-to-to be or not to-to-to be a great mystery!, February 6, 2008

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J. Green (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
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After solving the mystery of a nearby haunted castle, the Three Investigators have their second case. It's not as exciting, finding a missing parrot, except that the parrot stutters. But the case quickly goes from mundane to interesting, as they find that this case involves 7 birds, all taught to repeat a part of a riddle. And it soon becomes dangerous when they realize that others are interested in the whereabouts of the parrots, and will stop at nothing to get them, including kidnapping. The Three Investigators will need all their smarts and some luck to solve this mystery.

The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot has all the frights of The Secret of Terror Castle, but with a truly puzzling mystery to solve added in. The plot is extremely clever, and draws the reader in expertly with the riddle of the parrots. New investigative methods are introduced, sometimes with good results and sometimes not, but the genius of this series is apparent in this book. I loved it 30 years ago when I read it as a kid, and my son and I loved reading it now. Exciting and interesting enough to keep even reluctant readers coming back for more. And as others have commented, I definitely think there's potential for a movie here.