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The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints

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Wayback Wednesday takes us back to a mystery involving the Three Investigators whose mantra of “We Investigate Everything” leads them to investigate the sudden disappearance of a local eccentric. After The Potter disappears from the Jones Salvage Yard, a daughter and grandson turn up looking for him. Things get even stranger when flaming footprints appear within the Potter’s home and foreigners rent the house next door to keep an eye on the Potter’s home, also interested in his whereabouts.

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The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon

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Throwback Thursday takes us back to a mystery involving the Three Investigators whose mantra of “We Investigate Everything” leads them to not only investigate the missing dog of a longtime friend of Hector Sebastian but also their client’s claim of seeing a coughing dragon on the beach below his home. Jupiter JonesPete Crenshaw, and Bob Andrews go to work investigating the caves in the cliffs along the shore and find a series of clues including tire treads rather than tracks made by any extradentary creature. However, after the see the dragon, the Investigators will be forced to reconsider the facts.

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Revenge Tour

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Boston Private Detective Sunny Randall has two cases occupying her attention in Revenge Tour. One involves her landlady, and former client, being blackmailed over the book that made her a star. The other concerns her father being targeted by someone looking to avenge an old grudge. While he only appears in a single chapter, the novel in notable for the first time Sunny Randall crosses paths with Spenser (Robert B. Parker’s original Boston PI whose sucess led to spinoffs for both Jesse Stone and Sunny). Spenser, who is dating Randall’s shrink Susan Silverman, has come up in conversation before, but this marks the first time the two detectives share the printed page.

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