Who Killed the Robins Family?: And Where and When and How and Why Did They Die? [Hardcover]

Bill Adler (Author), Thomas Chastain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1983

Hardcover book

Product Details

• Hardcover: 152 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co; 1st edition (August 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688021719
• ISBN-13: 978-0688021719
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,133,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Fun--But Not That Great, March 5, 2007

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Brian Himes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who Killed the Robins Family?: And Where and When and How and Why Did They Die? (Hardcover)

I read this book when it first came out and I even entered the contest with my solution. I wasn't even close. Reading the book was great fun, but in retrospect the book wasn't all that great of a read. For one thing, once you knew the solution, going back to reread the book you saw how almost impossible it was to solve. Readers had to do a lot of reading between the lines to get to the same solution as the authors. Also, you would have to have read several of the novels that are paid homage to in the book to lead you to the correct solution. Finally, just getting your hands on the solution was (and is) a total pain.

To get the solution you either had to send in for it after the contest was over or pruchase the paperback version on the novel. I purchased the paperback. In fact it took me several years to find the solution to the 2nd novel Revenge of the Robins Family. Yes, the paperback version of that novel also contains the solution. However, the publishers of the paperback for Revenge decided to have their own little contest. They had a $25,000 prize to solve a whole new chapter. So, even if you find a paperback for Revenge of the Robins Family, you still have one chapter left to solve. I threw my hands up in disgust. After almost 20 years I could care less how chaper nine of Revenge of the Robins Family was solved.

All in all both novels are fun to read once, but if you're reading them to try and solve the puzzle, I say forget it. I tried to solve the 2nd one for years and never could come up with the solution. The clues are just too obscure at times. Too much reading between the lines is required to come up with an even halfway decent logical solution. If you just want the solutions to both novels buy the paperback editions.

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for mystery novels' fans!, August 7, 2011

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Maria Francisco - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who Killed the Robins Family?: And Where and When and How and Why Did They Die? (Hardcover)

I read this book for the first time many years ago and I still love it! I think it challenges your imagination since you "have" to the guess who/when/where/how for each murder. Some of the clues inside the novel come from other famous mystery stories, which in my opinion is a plus for those interested in detective stories. It is very well written. It's not too long but not too short either. The characters are interesting but you don't learn that much about them, just enough to keep the story interesting.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is very mysterious., February 7, 1999

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This review is from: Who Killed the Robins Family?: And Where and When and How and Why Did They Die? (Hardcover)

I first read this book years ago - since it is a mystery book without an ending - instead it was a contest to all readers to figure out who killed the Robins Family. I never did find out what exactly happened to the Robins Family. Anyone with the answer, or who would know how to get the answer, it would be much appreciated. Thanks.........