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Books in The Invisible Detectives series

  • Invisible Detective: Double Life

    Justin Richards

    Hardcover (Putnam Juvenile, May 19, 2005)
    After finding a mysterious stone and an old casebook, fourteen-year-old Arthur Drake finds himself remembering the 1936 adventures of a boy named Art who, under the identity of the Invisible Detective, works with three friends in London to solve the mystery of sinister puppets who are replacing real people.
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  • Invisible Detective: Shadow Beast

    Justin Richards

    Hardcover (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, May 19, 2005)
    A daring bank robbery leads the Invisible Detective gang down into the sewers, where they discover a hideous beast whose master is the bank robber.
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  • The Web of Anubis

    Justin Richards

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's, )
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  • Killing Time

    Justin Richards

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's, Aug. 2, 2004)
    A Mysterious Shipwreck Cornwall, today: Arthur Drake at last has some time to think about the Invisible Detective and a past life that seems somehow linked to his own. But then he meets the ghosts of sailors shipwrecked over a century agoā€¦ An Extraordinary Watch London, 1937: Whatever your problem, the Invisible Detective can find the answer. But no one suspects that heĀ¹s just a front for four children who solve crimes and mysteries in his name. A pocket watch that seems to rewind time itself leads the children to investigate a strange clock shop. What is wrong with the shop's customers? How are events linked to a shipwreck in Cornwall? Where has Meg vanished to? It is up to the Invisible Detective to find out.
  • The Invisible Detective: Ghost Soldiers

    Justin Richards

    Hardcover (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, Feb. 16, 2006)
    When their friend, Charlie, gets mixed up with a mad scientist who is in the process of creating an army of mutant soldiers, the Invisible Detective and his team must work to put an end to the evil plot and free their friend from the scientist's powerful grip before time runs out.
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  • The Paranormal Puppet Show

    Justin Richards

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's, June 2, 2003)
    In this exciting, rip-roaring series of fast-paced adventures for 9-12s, a young teen from the present day finds himself sharing the memories and dreams of a boy from the 1930s...One of a small gang of junior sleuths masquerading as the all-seeing Invisible Detective. London, today: When fourteen-year-old Arthur Drake shelters from the rain in a dusty shop, the last thing he expects to find is the antique casebook of The Invisible Detective. It may have been written in the 1930s, but it's in his handwriting...London, 1936: Whatever your problem, the Invisible Detective can find the answer. He is a mystery, an enigma. In fact, the truth about the Invisible Detective is known by only four children with their own special talents. Meg can spot instantly if you're lying. Jonny can run faster than anyone. Flinch can squeeze through the smallest of gaps. The gang's leader, the boy who invented the Invisible Detective and writes his casebook, is Art Drake. Together the children use their special skills to solve crimes and mysteries. But who'd listen to a bunch of kids? Now the gang is about to take on their most sinister case so far. When an incredible touring exhibition takes over their den, the Invisible Detective must deal with disappearing people, faceless bodies, and some deadly puppets...
  • The Paranormal Puppet Show

    Justin Richards

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster Children's, Feb. 5, 2007)
    London, today: When fourteen-year-old Arthur Drake shelters from the rain in a dusty shop, the last thing he expects to find is the antique casebook of The Invisible Detective. It may have been written in the 1930s, but it's in his handwriting... London, 1936: Whatever your problem, the Invisible Detective can find the answer. He is a mystery, an enigma. In fact, the truth about the Invisible Detective is known by only four children with their own special talents. Together the children use their special skills to solve crimes and mysteries. But who'd listen to a bunch of kids? Now the gang is about to take on their most sinister case so far. When an incredible touring exhibition takes over their den, the Invisible Detective must deal with disappearing people, faceless bodies, and some deadly puppets...
  • The Web of Anubis

    Justin Richards

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, )
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  • Ghost Soldiers

    Justin Richards

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster Children's, Feb. 5, 2007)
    London, Today: Arthur Drake is haunted. He is haunted by memories from 1936 that are not his own. He is haunted by a girl from school who turns up where and when he least expects it. He is haunted by the ghosts in a deserted and derelict old houseā€¦ London, 1936: Whatever your problem, the Invisible Detective can find the answer. Only four children know the truth about this mysterious private investigatorā€¦ because they created him. Now they solve crimes and mysteries in his name. Investigating a strange death and a haunted house, Art and his friends are drawn into a mysterious world where nothing is what it seems, and nobody can be trusted. There are monsters on the streets of London, dressed as soldiers and trained to kill. As a terrifying plan is put into action, only the Invisible Detective can stop the Ghost Soldiersā€¦
  • Shadow Beast

    Justin Richards

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster UK, Sept. 3, 2007)
    London, Today: Arthur Drake is only just beginning to understand how he is linked the Invisible Detective's casebook written over eighty years ago. But there's no time to investigate further - a monster is loose in the city, and Arthur must get help from the past... London, 1936: Whatever your problem, the Invisible Detective can find the answer. He is a mystery, an enigma. In fact, the truth about the Invisible Detective is known by only four children - the ones who created him. How can a daring bank robbery be linked to a missing cat? And why are the local rats overrunning houses and attacking people? Only the Invisible Detective can discover the answers as the kids hunt the robbers - and track down a monster...
  • Invisible Detective: Legion of the Dead

    Justin Richards

    Mass Market Paperback (Simon & Schuster UK, May 1, 2006)
    London, 1937: The Invisible Detective can solve any mystery, great or small - but no one's ever seen his face. Truth is, the detective is the creation of four extraordinary kids who combat crime in his nameā€¦ London, today: Arthur Drake is not impressed by a publicity stunt. But if a celebrity wants to get lowered into the Thames in a glass box, that's his problem. Or is it? Soon Arthur discovers that it could spell disaster for millions of people. A Roman coin, a strange burglary, and a mysterious attack outside a graveyard. When Art and his friends investigate, they discover more than they bargained for - a missing treasure, a ghostly figure, the legend of a lost Roman legion. What has counterfeit money got to do with an ancient pagan spirit of darkness? Can they solve the mystery in time to avert disaster?
  • Ghost Soldiers

    Justin Richards

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's, Oct. 6, 2003)
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