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The Three Investigators books in order

M. V. Carey

The Three Investigators is a series of 37 books by M. V. Carey: 1,765 pages in the 11 with a known length, about 32 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

37
books
1,765
pages in 11 of them
32 hours
to read those 11
65 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 The Secret of Terror Castle 1964 3.0 h 2 The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot 1964 3.1 h 3 The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy 1965 2.9 h 4 The Mystery of the Green Ghost 1965 3.2 h 5 The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure 1966 2.8 h 6 The Secret of Skeleton Island 1966 2.9 h 7 The Mystery of the Fiery Eye 1967 2.7 h 8 The Mystery of the Silver Spider 1967 2.7 h 9 The Mystery of the Screaming Clock 1968 3.3 h
10 The Mystery of the Moaning Cave 1968 length not known
11 The Mystery of the Talking Skull 1969 3.0 h
12 The Secret of the Crooked Cat 1970 length not known
12 The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow length not known
14 The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon 1970 length not known
16 The Mystery of the Nervous Lion 1971 length not known
16 The Mystery of the Purple Pirate length not known
17 The Mystery of the Singing Serpent 1972 2.8 h
19 The Secret of Phantom Lake 1973 length not known
23 The Mystery of The Invisible Dog 1975 length not known
44 The Case of the Weeping Coffin length not known
The Mystery of the Sinister Scarecrow 1979 length not known
Crimebusters #1 Hot Wheels length not known
Crimebusters #11, Fatal Error length not known
Crimebusters #2, Murder to go length not known
Crimebusters #3, Rough Stuff) length not known
Crimebusters #5, An Ear for Danger length not known
Crimebusters #6, Thriller Diller length not known
Crimebusters #9, Foul Play length not known
The Mystery of the Creep-Show Crooks length not known
The Mystery of the Dead Man's Riddle length not known
The Mystery of the Missing Mermaid length not known
The Mystery of the Rogues' Reunion length not known
The Mystery of the Smashing Glass length not known
The Mystery of the Trail of Terror length not known
The Mystery of the Two-toed Pigeon length not known
The Mystery of the Wreckers' Rock length not known
The Secret of Shark Reef length not known

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The books

  1. 1
  2. 2

    The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot 1964 3.1 h

    In searching for a lost parrot who recites Shakespeare with a stutter, Jupiter Jones' firm of young detectives becomes involved with a missing masterpiece.

  3. 3

    The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy 1965 2.9 h

    The Three Investigators undertake a case involving an Egyptian mummy which whispers, but only to one man.

  4. 4

    The Mystery of the Green Ghost 1965 3.2 h

    The Three Investigators become entangled in the theft of a string of rare pearls and a fraudulent scheme involving family inheritance when they try to solve the mystery of a…

  5. 5

    The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure 1966 2.8 h

    Three young detectives become involved in mysteries related to the disappearance of an ancient Japanese jeweled belt from a museum exhibit and the strange antics of a group of…

  6. 6

    The Secret of Skeleton Island 1966 2.9 h

    Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw, and Bob Andrews fly to Skeleton Island at Alfred Hitchcock's request to help Pete's father with a motion picture and secretly find out why their…

  7. 7

    The Mystery of the Fiery Eye 1967 2.7 h

    A competitor of the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew books, this Hitchcock-supported series mostly written by Robert Arthur concerns Jupiter Jones and his middle-school-age amateur detective…

  8. 8

    The Mystery of the Silver Spider 1967 2.7 h

    Three junior detectives travel abroad to solve a mystery involving a silver spider and a political plot that endangers the life of a young prince.

  9. 9

    The Mystery of the Screaming Clock 1968 3.3 h

    The high pitched scream produced by an alarm clock sets the Three Investigators on the complicated and dangerous trail of art thieves.

  10. 10

    The Mystery of the Moaning Cave 1968 length not known

  11. 11

    The Mystery of the Talking Skull 1969 3.0 h

    An old trunk involves the three investigators with dangerous criminals seeking a cache of stolen money.

  12. 12

    The Secret of the Crooked Cat 1970 length not known

  13. 12

    The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow length not known

  14. 14

    The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon 1970 length not known

  15. 16

    The Mystery of the Nervous Lion 1971 length not known

  16. 16

    The Mystery of the Purple Pirate length not known

  17. 17

    The Mystery of the Singing Serpent 1972 2.8 h

    The three investigators become involved in witchcraft when they try to rescue a woman from the influence of snake worshippers.

  18. 19

    The Secret of Phantom Lake 1973 length not known

  19. 23

    The Mystery of The Invisible Dog 1975 length not known

  20. 44

    The Case of the Weeping Coffin length not known

  21. The Mystery of the Sinister Scarecrow 1979 length not known

  22. Crimebusters #1 Hot Wheels length not known

  23. Crimebusters #11, Fatal Error length not known

  24. Crimebusters #2, Murder to go length not known

  25. Crimebusters #3, Rough Stuff) length not known

  26. Crimebusters #5, An Ear for Danger length not known

  27. Crimebusters #6, Thriller Diller length not known

  28. Crimebusters #9, Foul Play length not known

  29. The Mystery of the Creep-Show Crooks length not known

  30. The Mystery of the Dead Man's Riddle length not known

  31. The Mystery of the Missing Mermaid length not known

  32. The Mystery of the Rogues' Reunion length not known

  33. The Mystery of the Smashing Glass length not known

  34. The Mystery of the Trail of Terror length not known

  35. The Mystery of the Two-toed Pigeon length not known

  36. The Mystery of the Wreckers' Rock length not known

  37. The Secret of Shark Reef length not known

How much is left

After book 1, The Secret of Terror Castle about 29 hours left, not counting 26 books of unknown length
After book 2, The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot about 26 hours left, not counting 26 books of unknown length
After book 3, The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy about 23 hours left, not counting 26 books of unknown length
After book 4, The Mystery of the Green Ghost about 20 hours left, not counting 26 books of unknown length
After book 5, The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure about 17 hours left, not counting 26 books of unknown length
After book 6, The Secret of Skeleton Island about 14 hours left, not counting 26 books of unknown length
After book 7, The Mystery of the Fiery Eye about 12 hours left, not counting 26 books of unknown length
After book 8, The Mystery of the Silver Spider about 9 hours left, not counting 26 books of unknown length
After book 9, The Mystery of the Screaming Clock about 6 hours left, not counting 26 books of unknown length
After book 10, The Mystery of the Moaning Cave about 6 hours left, not counting 25 books of unknown length
After book 11, The Mystery of the Talking Skull about 3 hours left, not counting 25 books of unknown length
After book 12, The Secret of the Crooked Cat about 3 hours left, not counting 24 books of unknown length
After book 12, The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow about 3 hours left, not counting 23 books of unknown length
After book 14, The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon about 3 hours left, not counting 22 books of unknown length
After book 16, The Mystery of the Nervous Lion about 3 hours left, not counting 21 books of unknown length
After book 16, The Mystery of the Purple Pirate about 3 hours left, not counting 20 books of unknown length

Reading the whole series

About 32 hours 22 minutes

11 of 37 books, 1,765 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

65 days (about 10 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.