The Mystery of the Screaming Clock

Synopsis Case 09
The alarm clock went off with the bloodcurdling scream of a woman in mortal terror ! Who could have made such a clock - and why ?
The Three Investigators immediately set out to discover where the mysterious clock came from. When they come across a run-down house in Hollywood, they find an entire room full of dreadful clocks - and time is running out !


The boys get a box full of junk that has an alarm clock that screams. In trying to trace the owner of the clock to discover why it screams, the boys find themselves in a case to clear an innocent man who has been jailed for art theft.
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Characters
Jupiter Jones First Investigator (Justus Jonas)  
Pete Crenshaw Second Investigator (Peter Shaw)
Bob Andrews Records and Research
Mr. Hadley alias Bert Clock
Mrs. Smith housekeeper of Mr. Hadley
Harry Smith Mrs. Smiths son
Mr. Jeeters sublesser of Mrs. Smith (Mr. Jenkins)
Mrs. King her husband is 'Rex', to whom the letter is written
Miss Imogene Taylor the 'Julie' from the letter (Miss Julie Taylor)
Mrs. Martha Harris the 'Martha' from the letter
Mr. Gerald Cramer crook
Mr. Gerald Watson the 'Gerald' from the letter
Victor Hugenay international art thief
Mr. A. Felix Clockmaker
Mr. Shaw Peters father
Samuel Reynolds Chief Inspector of the Police of Rocky Beach
Mr. Alfred Hitchcock


[(white in brackets) = german name]
Bert Clock's riddles
Dear Rex!
Ask Julie.
Ask Gerald.
Ask Martha.
Then act!
The result will surprise even you.


It’s quiet there even in a hurricane.
Just a word of advice, politely given.
Old English bowmen loved it.
Bigger than a raindrop; smaller than an ocean.
I’m 26. How old are you ?
It sits on a shelf like a well-fed elf.


3-27 4-36 5-19 48-12 7-11 15-9
101-2 5-16 45-37 98-98 20-135 84-9


Take one lily; kill my friend Eli.
Positively number one.
Take a broom and swat a bee.
What you do with clothes, almost.
Not Mother, not Sister, not Brother; but perhaps Father.
Hymns ? Hams ? Homes ? Almost, not quite.
Illustrations (by Harry Kane [US])
Illustrations (by Roger Hall [GB])
Product details
Story by: Robert Arthur,
Cover Illustration: Harry Kane,
© Random House Trade 1968
Printout
 
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