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New York: Random House, 1979
Description
Three young sleuths uncover a mystery buried since World War II when they come to the aid of trouble-plagued environmentalist who is protesting the drilling of off-shore oil wells.
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LibraryThing member sweetiegherkin
The three investigators -- Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw, and Bob Andrews -- take a trip to Santa Barbara with Bob's father who is gathering research for his latest news reportage. The event is a big environmental protest of a new oil rig being built, and it just so happens that the head of the
This series is in the vein of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys; it has that same sort of stock characters and action-filled mysteries that are somewhat sanitized in terms of lacking in gore. Previously I had only read one book from this series and as far as I can tell, there is no need to read them in order. Over the years, it appeared that authors for the series changed; this book had a different author from the other title I read and it showed. The pacing was a little slower on this book, even despite the liberal use of exclamation points. While the other book had limited female characters, this one had none at all. (Likewise, it showed its age with some less-than-stellar depictions of/references to non-white characters.) One of the characters is described as being overweight and is continually fat shamed throughout the book with unnecessary references to his girth. And, finally, my biggest gripe with this book was that as so much of it takes places on various boats and ports, it was necessary to include a lot of jargon, which bogged down the pacing somewhat.
All that being said, however, I did enjoy this book for its mystery. It kept me guessing and went in surprising directions. It was a quick enough read and I might try hunting down some more copies of this old series to see what other adventures the three investigators get into and the mysteries they solve.
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protest, Mr. Crowe, is a famed mystery writer the boys adore. When Crowe shares his concerns about his protest potentially being sabotaged, the three investigators are on the case.This series is in the vein of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys; it has that same sort of stock characters and action-filled mysteries that are somewhat sanitized in terms of lacking in gore. Previously I had only read one book from this series and as far as I can tell, there is no need to read them in order. Over the years, it appeared that authors for the series changed; this book had a different author from the other title I read and it showed. The pacing was a little slower on this book, even despite the liberal use of exclamation points. While the other book had limited female characters, this one had none at all. (Likewise, it showed its age with some less-than-stellar depictions of/references to non-white characters.) One of the characters is described as being overweight and is continually fat shamed throughout the book with unnecessary references to his girth. And, finally, my biggest gripe with this book was that as so much of it takes places on various boats and ports, it was necessary to include a lot of jargon, which bogged down the pacing somewhat.
All that being said, however, I did enjoy this book for its mystery. It kept me guessing and went in surprising directions. It was a quick enough read and I might try hunting down some more copies of this old series to see what other adventures the three investigators get into and the mysteries they solve.
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1979 (copyright)
Physical description
viii, 181 p.; 20 cm
ISBN
0394842499 / 9780394842493