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Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators in The Mystery of Monster Mountain

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The characters are kids you can look up to. The story is thrilling and fast paced. There is nothing about the story that seems unbelievable. It keeps you guessing until the end. I read this as a child and I have never forgotten it. It is one of the best series I have ever read.

As typical with the Three Investigator books written by M. (Mary) V. (Virginia) Carey, the story finds Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw, and Bob Andrews away from their "normal" surroundings of Rocky Beach and the Jones Salvage Yard. I first read this as a boy when the book was originally released, and owning all volumes in the series (1-28 original hardback, 29-43 softcover), I must highly recommend this book for its interesting plots and subplots, as well as good characterization. Also, it revolves a great deal around the Bavarian brother , Hans and Konrad, who are usually seen in cursory glimpses working around the Salvage Yard or driving the truck in many other books in this fine series. The subplots of the other boarders at the "mysterious" aunt's home furthers the plot, along with the unseen animal presence and the fact that something is not quite right at the house leads the Investigators into a challenging mystery. The original hardcover can be found in the more readily available matte cover with the blue spiderweb endpapers, or the rarer glossy cover with plain white endpapers. Please be advised that if you order this used book from an amazon seller to inquire as to the condition of the endpapers and text block, as this series was unfortunately poorly bound by Random House and many copies have text blocks partially or completely separated from the boards.

I read this series as a child and am now turning my kids onto it. It is a great vocabulary builder that will keep them on the edge of their seats and have them trying constantly to figure out who done it. Jupiter Jones and his crew are just plain fun to follow through this incredible literary series.