Three Young Detectives

the Three Young Detectives ( The Three Investigators ) is a series of American detective novels for the Jeunesse.

Having had several authors writing their adventures (the principal author and creator being Robert Arthur), the French edition of Green Bibliothèque names as author Alfred Hitchcock, who " présente" the series, as it lent its name to collections of police news or anguish. These works used its name for better drawing the attention.

Synopsis

Hannibal Jones ( Jupiter Jones in original version), Peter Crentch ( Peter Crenshaw ) and Bob Andy ( Robert " Bob" Andrews ) are a trio of young teenagers living in the fictitious city of Rocky in California, who work like Private detective S in their spare time. Making known itself like the three young detectives , they inquire in businesses going from supernatural until the dark criminal intrigues.

Characters

Three young detectives

Being of course three, their symbol is the Question mark. They have their own calling card which has three consecutive question marks, which very often attracts the questions of people with whom they show them, requiring what they mean, sometimes if it is due to their own doubt in their capacities. They always answer that represents the mystery and the enigmas which they have to solve. Their currency: " Detections in all genre" (or according to volume, " Investigations in all genre" , etc)

Hannibal Jones : Detective as a chief. The gang leader, it is very intelligent and does not hide any. He has a problem of overweight which attracts sometimes the mockeries, which he hates. Orphan, it lives with his/her aunt Mathilda and her uncle Titus who deal with Brocante named the Paradise of the Secondhand trade ( The Jones Salvage Yard ). When he was hardly only one baby, he played on television under the nickname " Fatso" baby; (Baby Large-full-of-soup), which was an experiment enough traumatisante.
Peter Crentch : Assistant detective. The sportsman of the band, it is physically strong, which is always useful. In spite of that, it tends to be timorous. It can show courage in the event of urgency all the same. His/her father works with the cinema for the special effects.
Bob Andy : Deal with the files and research. Thin, bearing Glasses and often plunged in the books, he is a little the prototype of the Nerd. His/her father is journalist and his/her mother is described like young person and pretty.

Supporting characters

Alfred Hitchcock : The famous scenario writer was the first customer of the detectives, then became a kind of Mentor for them during the first thirty volumes, " préfaçant" each one of their adventures (work of the author, of course) and finding the heroes at the end to discuss the business and of its outcome. The publisher Random House paid to use its name legally. With its " vraie" died in 1980, Hitchcock required even more money; it was replaced by a fictitious character, Hector Sebastian. The last editions states-uniennes changed volumes so that Hitchcock does not appear any more and is replaced by Hector Sebastian.
Hector Sebastian : A former detective become writer, author of novels best-sellers. He took to the place of Hitchcock in the series as of the blind man who put full the sight of it.
Titus Jones : Uncle de Hannibal and owner of the Paradise of the Secondhand trade , it is a small man jovial man with a moustache, who prefers to buy for his business of the objects which impassion it personally rather than practical things.
Mathilda Jones : Aunt de Hannibal and woman of Titus, it is a woman strong and severe but who in spite of her appearance lasts, has a very good bottom (in certain volumes of the French version, it is called Mathilde).
Worthington : Driver Britannique of the Rolls Royce of which Hannibal gained the use during thirty days with a contest (until its use is possibly wide). Right and distinguished man, it sometimes personally will help the detectives.
Samuel Reynolds : Police chief of the police force of Rocky. Having initially a certain antipathy for the heroes, it ends up recognizing in talent and provides them even a signed chart which shows them the regard of the police force. Reynolds often intervenes to stop the criminals that the three young detectives flush out.
Hans and Konrad : Two very strong Bavarois physically which works with the Paradis of the Secondhand trade for Jones. They are as sympathetic nerves as muscular and are always ready to help the heroes.
Skinny Norris : Young hooligan of an easy family, it is always to put sticks in the wheels of the three young detectives of which it takes pleasure to make fun. He goes sometimes until collaborating with criminals, more by idiocy that delinquency. He is large, thin (what is worth its nickname of " to him; Skinny" meaning " very maigre" in English) and has a long nose.
Huganay : Criminal French distinguished, Huganay specializes in the flight of objets d'art.

Authors

Robert Arthur (also creative)
William Arden
Nick West
Mary Virginia Carey

Hitchcock itself did not write anything in the series, nor even the forewords which are " signées" of him (they are only work of the authors). Initially entitled Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in original version, it became simply The Three Investigators as of volume 30 ( the blind man which put full the sight of it), after the death of Hitchcock.

List volumes in French version

With go ghosts
the parrot which bégayait
the mummy which whispered
the Chinese who made green
the rainbow escaped
the spectrum of the wooden horses
Thirteen busts for Auguste
a spider called to reign
the twelve pendulums of Théodule
the trombone of the devil
the cranium which crânait
the shade which lit all
the dragon which sneezed
the cat which blinked eye
the eagle which had nothing any more but one head
the lion which claquait teeth
the snake which fredonnait
the table sits down at table
the newspaper which thinned out the leaves of
Itimperceptible man of snows
the mirror which froze
the enigmatic will
the mine which did not pay a mine
the demon which danced the gigue
the sword which drew
the editor who contemplated
the seizure of the doubles
the terrible scarecrow
the shark which resquillait
the blind man who put of it full to the sight
the flibustier pirated
the packed whale
the drakkar hagard
the cases at breakage
Envolée, the poultry!
the she-ass which pavanait
Silence, one kills!

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