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The Invisible Detective Author Justin Richards Cover artist David Frankland, Richard Jones Country United Kingdom Language English Genre Detective fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy Published 2003 - 2005 Media type Print The Invisible Detective is a series of juvenile adventure novels, written by Justin Richards. Originally published in the United Kingdom bewtween 2003 and 2005, 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 weekly 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 to solve.
Contents
Titles
The titles in the series are:
The Invisible Detective book series 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 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 See Also
List of Invisible Detective Characters
Footnotes
- 1 Original title "The Faces of Evil". 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.
External links
Categories:- Adventure fiction
- Juvenile series
- Novels by Justin Richards
- Young adult novel stubs
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