The Invisible Detective
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The Invisible Detective is a series of juvenile adventure novels, written by Justin Richards. Originally published in the United Kingdom, the series has also been released in the United States.
The books are detective fiction with science fictional and/or fantastic elements (depending on the book). Set in London in the 1930s, the series recounts the adventures of four children, Art, Jonny, Meg and Flinch, who act as "Baker Street Irregulars" to the detective Brandon Lake, who is known as "the Invisible Detective" as no one has seen more than his silhouetted figure in a darkened room. In fact, Brandon Lake does not exist; he was invented by the four children, who investigate all his cases themselves. Art plays the Invisible Detective in weekely sessions held in a darkened room, during which the Detective addresses the concerns of local residents, in exchange for a small fee.
Each book also has a parallel subplot set in the 2000s, where Art's grandson, also named Art and his friend Sarah have related mysteries related to solve.
[edit] Titles
The titles in the series are:
| Book Number | Title | Publication Date | ISBN | Cover Illustrator | Length (Pages) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Paranormal Puppet Show (renamed Double Life in America) | June 2, 2003 | ISBN 0-7434-6145-2 | David Frankland (current); Richard Jones (original) |
264 |
| 2 | Shadow Beast | June 2, 2003 | ISBN 0-7434-6146-0 | David Frankland (current); Richard Jones (original) |
220 |
| 3 | Ghost Soldiers | October 2, 2003 | ISBN 0-7434-6224-6 | David Frankland (current); Richard Jones (original) |
260 |
| 4 | Killing Time | October 2, 2003 | ISBN 0-7434-6225-4 | David Frankland (current); Richard Jones (original) |
227 |
| 5 | The Faces of Evil1 | April 2004 | ISBN 0-7434-7871-1 | David Frankland (current); Richard Jones (original) |
264 |
| 6 | Web of Anubis | May 2004 | ISBN 0-689-86124-9 | David Frankland2 | 307 |
| 7 | Stage Fright | September 2005 | ISBN Unknown | David Frankland | 320 |
| 8 | Legion of the Dead | September 2005 | ISBN Unknown | David Frankland | 288 |
[edit] Footnotes
- 1 When the book was reprinted, the "The" in the title was knocked off
- 2 All the covers were redesigned by the new artist, Frankland, and all new books (Web of Anubis onwards) had Frankland's art as the original.
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