The Mystery of the Screaming Clock

Jupiter Jones and his friends Pete Crenshaw and Bob Andrews, who together make up the Three Investigators, are at loose ends. They haven't had a case in a while, and they are getting antsy. So when a clock rigged to emit a bloodcurdling scream when the alarm goes off turns up in the Jones Salvage

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Yard, Jupiter decides they can use it for detecting practice, with the consent of Uncle Titus and Aunt Mathilda, owners of the junkyard. The boys trace the clock back to the house of the man who owned it, but he's gone missing — and left behind a whole room full of screaming clocks. Luckily our intrepid investigators have a clue to follow and they pursue it, though they weren't quite intending to get mixed up in a notorious art-theft ring. Can they solve the mystery before they are forced to do some screaming of their own?

I still enjoy my re-read of these childhood favorites very much. The puzzle here is very good, even if the solution is a bit far-fetched. Then again, probably not more far-fetched than getting mixed up in international espionage and an attempted coup in a foreign country, as in their last case. All in all, another enjoyable visit to Rocky Beach, California.

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