The Secret of Skeleton Island (Classic Three Investigators)

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 Secret of Skeleton Island, the Three Investigators travel to southern Florida, where the ghost of a young girl on a haunted carousel threatens a film crew shooting on an island off the coast. There they meet a Greek boy, Christos Markos, who's an expert deep-sea diver. In the face of sudden danger, ugly rumors, and continuing mysterious events, can Jupiter, Pete, and Bob save Chris's reputation, unravel the mystery of the young girl's ghost, and rescue the movie from disaster?

By turns rousing, mystifying, and engrossing, the sixth 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: 1969498552
• ISBN13: 9781969498558
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Hollow Tree Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

A Good Book! (HA,HA)

This book is a great book. You can't tell who the bad guy is at all! The story really twists and you may start to think that Chris is the bad guy. Chris is a boy who looks for the treasure that a pirate was supposed to dump into the water. The 3 investigators go on a trip to Skelleton island to shoot a picture, but really to discover the secret of a ghost that is haunting Bob Andrews dad movie crew. When they come during a storm a guy takes and strands the 3 investigators on an island. That is were they meet Chris! There are quite a few suspicious people that I suspected. This is one of the best books out of the series(in my opinion). This book may look stupid but it is a great book. And beware you will be staying up all night reading this book!

Ghosts, Pirates, and Treasure--Oh Boy!

In this adventure, the Three Investigators venture far away from Rocky Beach, California--3000 miles away to a haunted island on the east coast where Pete's father is working to restore an old thrill park for a movie he is working on. Having met with stolen equipment and the appearance of a ghost, the boys are sent for to figure out who is trying to keep the movie company away from Skeleton Island. The boys meet with danger and duplicity at every turn, it seems, getting themselves into even more trouble than usual--several times by their own doing. ... There aren't really any plot twists or surprises in this story. What seems to me to be the biggest clue to the whole mystery flops out at you like a dead fish right in the middle of the book, and you have to wait until the end to see Jupiter finally seize upon it. Overall, though, it is still a pretty good story. It's hard to go wrong when you are writing about pirates, ghosts, and treasure. My childhood obsession with the secret headquarters at the Salvage Yard obviously continues because I certainly missed it in this book. The boys seemed to be somewhat out of their element here, and it shows. Of course, nothing can stop them from solving a mystery once they are on the case.

It's one of the best books I've read!

The book is about three investagators that are taping a movie,but well they are taping they acutually experience the tragic story that happend 10 years ago! Trust me you would love this story! Well I'm not finished with the book yet so I don't know the rest but it's really good so far!That's my review!

BUY THIS FOR YOUR KIDS!!!

I rate The Mystery of Skeleton Island as one of the VERY BEST of the Three Investigator series. It proved that Jupiter, Pete and Bob can handle any mystery that comes their way - even if it's on the other side of the country! With this story, the reader is transported out of Rocky Beach for the first time as the boys join Pete's dad on the set of the movie "Chase Me Faster." Thrills and chills abound as a ghost terrorizes the set of the movie. So far it seems as if Random House is only re-issuing the Robert Arthur titles. Hopefully Random House will see that there is still a huge fan base that has been longing for more adventures of those three intrepid slueths from Rocky Beach. I would highly recommend The Secret of Skeleton Island - and every Three Investigator book - to any parent discouraged that their child won't read. BUY THIS BOOK!!!

Good reading material, exciting!!

It is great to build the collection of all "The Three Investigator" books for our own children now! What happy memories these books bring back to those of us who read them ourselves "many" years ago...(or at least it seems like many). Great reading to pass on to the next generation!!