Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Cool Book

Hi!
My first blog will be about this great book I read. It's called The Paranormal Puppet Show, the first book in The Invisible Detective series by Justin Richards.

Taken from the back:
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 dusty casebook of the Invisible Detective. It was written in the 1930s, but it's in his handwriting...

London 1936: 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 name...

When a spooky exhibition comes into town, the gang must deal with disappearing people, faceless bodies, amd some very deadly puppets... Can the Invisible Detective thwart a plot to bring the whole country to its knees?

Taken from me:
This book is even partonized by Anthony Horowitz, author of the bestselling Alex Rider series. It has an excellent plot - as in, everything connects with one another. Also, it has that "Show don't tell" style of writing so you can make your own connections. The feeling you get when you make such a connection is undescribable. Also, it manages to shif between the plots of the present time and a time of the past - so well that you don't forget what happened in the last chapter.
This is a marvellous book and I recommend it to anyone who likes to read a good book.

1 comment:

Demel said...

Whee, finally made your own blog. Get a tagboard 1st of all.

Seems like a nice book, pity I never read them. Btw, watch out for silverfish. Those bookworms (pun intended) love mystery stuff.

Demel. (jokerus2001.blogspot.com)