Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators Books in Order

Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators contains 41 books, published between 1964 and 1990. The first book is The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot (1964) and the newest is Hot Wheels (As: William Arden) (1990). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
41
Published
1964–1990
Pages on record
5,954 in 37 of 41 books
Reading time
99–149 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,954 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 37 of 41 titles with a page count on record.

Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators is a children's mystery series of 41 books published from 1964 to 1990. The Secret of Terror Castle and The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot both appeared in 1964, followed by The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy and The Mystery of the Green Ghost in 1965. Robert Arthur is credited on 23 books, Dennis Lynds on 14, M.V. Carey on 13 and Marc Brandel on 3, and some titles appear under the name William Arden. Castles and ghost stories are among the subjects, and the series is listed as likely complete.

How many Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators books are there?

Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators has 41 books, released between 1964 and 1990.

Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 41 Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot1964 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1964192
  2. 2
    The Secret of Terror Castle1964 · 165 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1964165
  3. 3
    The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy1965 · 180 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965180
  4. 4
    The Mystery of the Green Ghost1965 · confirmed 2/4
    1965
  5. 5
    The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure1966 · 152 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966152
  6. 6
    The Secret of Skeleton Island1966 · 152 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966152
  7. 7
    The Mystery of the Silver Spider1967 · 168 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967168
  8. 8
    The Mystery of the Fiery Eye1967 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967164
  9. 9
    The Mystery of the Screaming Clock1968 · 177 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968177
  10. 10
    The Mystery of the Moaning Cave (As: William Arden)1968 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968176
  11. 11
    The Mystery of the Talking Skull1969 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969164
  12. 121969157
  13. 13
    The Secret of the Crooked Cat (As:William Arden)1970 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970144
  14. 14
    The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints1971 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971175
  15. 151972153
  16. 16
    The Mystery of Monster Mountain1973 · 142 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973142
  17. 17
    The Secret of Phantom Lake (As:William Arden)1973 · 148 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973148
  18. 181974152
  19. 19
    The Secret of the Haunted Mirror1974 · 145 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974145
  20. 20
    The Mystery of the Invisible Dog1975 · 148 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975148
  21. 21
    The Mystery of Death Trap Mine1976 · 145 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976145
  22. 221976141
  23. 231977144
  24. 24
    The Mystery of the Deadly Double (As:William Arden)1978 · 147 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978147
  25. 25
    The Mystery of the Magic Circle1978 · 143 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978143
  26. 26
    The Secret of Shark Reef (As: William Arden)1979 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979181
  27. 27
    The Mystery of the Sinister Scarecrow1979 · 151 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979151
  28. 28
    The Mystery of the Scar-Faced Beggar1981 · 159 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981159
  29. 29
    Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs1981 · 158 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981158
  30. 301982

Do you have to read Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators books in order?

You should read the Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators book also stands alone.

Where to start with Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators

Start with The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot (1964), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators book?

Hot Wheels (As: William Arden) (1990) is the newest Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators book released so far.

Is there a new Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators book coming?

No next Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators title on record dates from 1990, 36 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
5,954 pages across the 37 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 158 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators books, 15 of 41, were published in the 1970s.
Attribution
Of the 41 titles, 23 are credited to Robert Arthur, 14 to Dennis Lynds, 13 to M.V. Carey and 3 to Marc Brandel. One title carries no credit.

What the Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators books are about

38 of the 41 Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 38 of 38. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.