The Three Investigators and the Mystery of the Screaming Clock E-Book

Robert Arthur

• Herausgeber: Kosmos
• Kategorie: Krimi
• Serie: Die drei ???
• Sprache: Deutsch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 165

Beschreibung

Every true "The Three Investigators"-Fan dreams about following the adventures of Jupiter, Pete and Bob in the original American edition. "The Three Investigators and the Mystery of the Screaming Clock", finally available for your reading device! An alarm clock went off with the scream of a woman in mortal terror. Who could have made such a clock and why? Jupiter, Pete and Bob set out to discover where the mysterious clock came from, but they have to be fast, because time is running out!

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Albert Hitfield and The Three Investigators in

The Mystery of the Screaming Clock

Text by Robert Arthur

Kosmos

Umschlagillustration von Aiga Rasch

Umschlaggestaltung von eStudio Calamar, Girona, auf der Grundlage

der Gestaltung von Aiga Rasch (9. Juli 1941 – 24. Dezember 2009)

Titel der Originalausgabe:

“Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators in The Mystery of the Screaming Clock”

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A Few Words from Albert Hitfield

Greetings and salutations! It is a pleasure to have you join me for another adventure with that remarkable trio of lads who call themselves The Three Investigators. This time a most unusual screaming clock leads them into a tangled web of clues, mystery and excitement.

I imagine that you have already met The Three Investigators and know that they are Jupiter Jones, Bob Andrews and Pete Crenshaw, all of Rocky Beach, California, a small community on the shores of the Pacific not far from Hollywood. But just in case this is your first meeting with the three, let me add that they make their Headquarters in a mobile home trailer cleverly hidden from sight in The Jones Salvage Yard.

This fabulous junkyard is owned by Jupiter’s aunt and uncle, for whom the trio works to earn spending money when they are not busy with their investigations.

Enough of introductions. On with the case! The clock is about to scream!

Albert Hitfield

The Clock Screams

The clock screamed.

It was the scream of a woman in mortal terror. It started at a low pitch, then went higher and higher until it hurt Jupiter’s ears. A shiver ran down his back. It was the most terrifying sound he had ever heard.

And yet it was just an old-fashioned electric alarm clock. Jupiter had merely plugged it in to see if it would run. The next thing he knew it was screaming at him.

Jupiter grabbed the clock’s electric cord and pulled it out of the socket. The scream stopped. Jupiter let out his breath with a gasp of relief. The sound of a clock screaming like a woman had been rather unnerving.

Running feet sounded behind him. Bob Andrews and Pete Crenshaw, who had been working in the front part of The Jones Salvage Yard, skidded to a stop beside him.

“Golly, what was that?” Bob asked.

“Are you hurt, Jupe?” Pete peered at him anxiously.

Jupiter shook his head.

“Listen,” he said. “I want you to hear something rather unusual.”

He plugged in the clock again, and once more the terrifying scream filled the air. He pulled out the plug and the scream stopped instantly.