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Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in The Mystery of the Deadly Double (book)

The Mystery of the Deadly Double

Introduction

A Horrifying Message from Alfred Hitchcock

LOVERS OF MYSTERY, be warned!

You must be prepared, in this new adventure of The Three Investigators, to face a horror that makes even my blood run cold! I shudder at the very thought of it. What, can there truly be more than one...? But, no, I cannot speak the dread words! Instead, I will speak of other matters in this dramatic adventure.

A simple outing to a famous amusement park turns into a nightmare that at once challenges the full resources of our team of young detectives. Danger and confusion face them at every turn as they attempt to solve a diabolical crime.

Kidnappers! Cryptic messages! International intrigue! Clues hidden under the very noses of our heroes! Deadly mistakes! The devious trail of a fugitive boy! An enemy who nearly penetrates The Three Investigators' own headquarters! It's almost more than the juvenile private eyes can handle.

The case calls forth the reasoning ability of all our boys. The brainy and somewhat stout Jupiter Jones--himself the puzzled target of the criminals--is unable to provide full-time leadership of the detective team. So the tall and muscular Pete Crenshaw must conquer his uneasiness and assume a daring role. And Bob Andrews, the studious research man of the trio, receives a chance to prove that he is as clever as he is reliable.

From their hidden house-trailer headquarters in The Jones Salvage Yard to the border of Mexico, the boys pursue and are pursued, and the final answer is--but no! I will still not speak of the unexpected fact that lies at the heart of the adventure! It is too monstrous to think of!

I will leave that knowledge to your own discovery.

Forward, then, to mystery and adventure!

ALFRED HITCHCOCK

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