Anthony Horowitz may be best known in the book world for his Alex Rider adventures. I, however, first became aware of him through his Diamond Brothers Mystery series. Set in London, the books are narrated by Nick Diamond, kid brother to “detective” Tim Diamond. I put detective in quotes because he is rarely able to actually detect anything. His real name is Herbert Timothy Simple, and he was fired from the police force before becoming a private eye. Although Nick is the younger brother, he is the real brains of the operation.
Their first story is The Falcon’s Malteser, an obvious play on the Maltese Falcon. It is the story of a box of Maltesers, or malted milk balls, that once belonged to a criminal by the name of The Falcon. See what Horowitz did there? The box is left in the care of Tim, but when the man who pays him to look after it turns up dead, Tim is suddenly a suspect. Nick must take over the case to prove Tim’s innocence, protect the box of Maltesers from all of the shady characters after it, and discover why The Falcon prized a box of candy so much. It is an update on a classic noir, with mystery, suspense, and humor.
Check the WRL catalog for The Falcon’s Malteser.
I know I’m replying to an old post, but I just found this blog today. I’m glad to see someone recommend the Diamond Brothers Mysteries; they’re really good, and quite different from Alex Rider. I’m 22, but I still read junior fiction from time to time; some of it is more enjoyable than some adult fiction I’ve read. I’ll keep looking around this site to see if there’s any other good recommendations on here. :)
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I know I’m replying to an ancient post, but I just found this blog today. I’m glad to see someone recommend the Diamond Brothers Mysteries; they’re really good, and quite different from Alex Rider. I’m 22, but I still read junior fiction from time to time; some of it is more enjoyable than some adult fiction I’ve read. I’ll keep looking around this site to see if there’s any other good recommendations on here. :)
This book is wicked
I read it at school
I know that this is an old post, but I’d still like to thank you; This book(wich I’ve never read) is one of the subjects of our mid-term test in english(I’m Norwegian).(I know,its lame, but it was actually the most interesting subject). anyways, you are the ONLY one who didn’t acutally made the summary of the book two pages long, so, thank you soo much, saved my day;)