The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot

By Robert Arthur

Book Overview

With a brand-new Three Investigators series finally launched into the world, it's a great time to also revisit the classic books. The new series, conceived and co-written by Elizabeth Arthur, Robert Arthur's daughter, brings Jupiter, Pete, and Bob into the 21st century. It offers fresh adventures that resonate with today's readers while preserving the timeless spirit of the original tales. But for old fans who fell in love with the series many years ago, this anniversary edition is also a must.

In The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot, Jupiter, Pete and Bob are in search of a missing parrot. The case soon gets complicated as they discover that not one but six talking parrots and a mynah bird have disappeared. With the help of their new friend Carlos, the Three Investigators figure out that each of the birds has been taught to recite part of a complex puzzle, that, when taken together, could lead the boys to a great painting. But as their search takes them to a spooky graveyard, they're not the only ones hot on the trail

By turns puzzling, compelling, and absorbing, the second book in Robert Arthur's classic mystery series promises to please not only the existing fan base of The Three Investigators series but a whole new generation of readers who will find in its pages three very different boys whose imagination, courage, and intelligence can remind us that curiosity, perseverance, and rational inquiry are just as vital as friendship and cooperation.

After all, the motto of The Three Investigators is "We Investigate Anything," and their trademark is " " - three question marks, taken together. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Three Investigators series, this new edition of the Robert Arthur novels includes all ten titles, with end notes written by Elizabeth Arthur and Steven Bauer.

Continue the adventure with the contemporary Three Investigators series, crafted for a slightly older audience. The new series spans twenty-six books, from The Mystery of the Abecedarian Academy to The Mystery of the Zoroastrian Zodiac. Explore the full reboot at https: //www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTW2NT8F

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 196949851X
• ISBN13: 9781969498510
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Hollow Tree Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Three Investigators Books are Fantastic!!

I used to read my older brother's Three Investigator books when he borrowed them from the school library. I so wanted to live in a trailer with a secret escape hatch like Jupiter had.I have bought as many books as I could find for my son who is eleven and loves reading about Jupiter, Bob and Pete's adventures. We look in every secondhand shop we can find and are slowly getting the entire series.

A Classic Three Investigators Mystery

In this second book about the Three Investigators, Robert Arthur has exceeded the achievements of the first. Whereas The Secret of Terror Castle detailed the boys' attempt to prove their investigative powers, The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot relates the story of the boys' first real case. Having been charged with finding a missing parrot, they soon find themselves intimately involved in a search for a valuable work of art. The story is much fuller and more satisfying than that of the first book. Here we see the case evolve from a seemingly simple, far from dangerous search for a missing pet to an expanded search for seven mysterious parrots (the significance of which are not at first apparent) and finally to a race against an international art thief to acquire a lost masterpiece. Along the way, they face mysterious foreigners working against them, make sense of an enigmatic coded message, and ultimately triumph (albeit somewhat by accident). Admirably, they also go out of their way to generously help a young Mexican immigrant and his uncle establish a more comfortable life for themselves. This is the Three Investigators at their finest. The mental acumen of Jupiter Jones is put to the test, and once again his mental prowess proves up to the task. For an adult such as myself, some of the obvious clues are not picked up on in as timely a fashion as I would expect, but one must remember that even Jupiter Jones, genius that he is, is only a lad. This book is an unqualified success, eminently enjoyable to both young and old alike. I feel just as I felt twenty years ago upon first reading these books--anxious to read about the boys' next case.

Highly Nostalgic!!!

This book and other books in this series are excellent reading material. I am 25 now and still find the same thrill and excitement on reading these books as I found 10 years back. These are simply unputdownable at any stage of life.

I am twelve years old and I love this series.

One day I was at the book store with my mom and she wanted me to read something new. She spotted the series and picked one up. She thought it was suitable so we got it and left. I'm glad she spotted it. I have been reading them ever scince and I now greatly enjoy reading these books. I also greatly reccomend them to anyone interested in a good mystery.

Should not be out of print!

The Three Investigators series was the best set of mysteries I ever read, in addition to Agatha Christie's. I read all of them I could find. And yet, years later, I decided to look them up and not a single library had them anymore. These books should not be out of print! There is something special in Jupiter, Bob, and Pete's (I think I got the names right) detective agency, and the mysteries are especially unique and intriguing. This book is especially memorable. To-to-to be, or not to-to-to be... And that's not the only parrot that's odd