Pretty sure this is the fastest I've ever clocked a #BookSpin, since "The Mystery of the Talking Skull" was my New Year's read. So ... success! My #DoubleSpin is a Spanish novella which won the Premio Ignotus last year in the "short novel" category. My español is muy básica so I expect that one will take a little longer.
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so-so(1969) Eleventh in my favorite juvenile mystery series. In this one Jupe, Pete, and Bob buy an old trunk at an auction. The trunk turns out to have belonged to a traveling magician: among its contents are the magician's trademark trick "the talking skull", and a letter with clues pointing to a hidden treasure. It's not one of the series' best -- too many points that stretch believability for that -- but it's fast and fun as always.
pickThis is a pick only because I feel nostalgic toward this juvenile mystery series (my favourite when I was young). It feels very dated now. On the other hand, I still appreciate the puzzles set out by the author and the cleverness of the investigators, which was what appealed to me most when I was a child.
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pick(1967) Seventh in the Three Investigators mystery series. In this one Jupiter, Pete, and Bob help a British boy whose American uncle has left him a mysterious inheritance and the only clues to its location are in a cryptic letter left by his uncle.
It's a tidy little puzzle, and the Three Investigators do what they do. If you like the formula then you'll like this one too, as I did.
This is my #DoubleSpin read for November.
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pick(1966) Sixth in the Three Investigators series; in this one, the boys are hired to investigate a series of thefts at a movie production location off the southeast coast of the U.S. Their investigation involves a haunted amusement park, pirate treasure, and scuba diving. It's not an especially memorable entry, but it delivers the ride it promises.
I have just finished season 1 of Hitchcock Presents, so I thought I'd list my favorite episodes: Into Thin Air (a masterwork of gaslighting suspense that seems to continue to exert an influence on contemporary domestic thrillers); Salvage (so grim & I'm not sure this could be made for network tv today); Breakdown (I recalled this one from my childhood & it still freaked me out. This had one of the most unique POV of the entire season); The Case
I am making my way through Hitchcock Presents. I just watched Into Thin Air, starring Pat Hitchcock. In the episode intro, Hitchcock says that it is similar to his movie The Lady Vanishes (I have yet to watch that one). I know that a lot of contemporary domestic thrillers have cited noir, but this "situation tragedy" of intricate gaslighting seems to be a major influence. Definitely my favorite in season 1 so far.
pick(1965) Third in the Three Investigators Series, which is without exaggeration the greatest juvenile mystery series of all time, past present and future. So of course it's a pick.
