South by Southeast (Diamond Brothers Series #3)

by Anthony Horowitz

Overview

From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Rider series. 

It looks like Tim, the world’s worst private detective, and Nick, his brainy kid brother, are in trouble again. They’re dead broke. But money is the least of their worries when a mysterious man bursts into their office and offers Tim a wad of cash for his coat. Minutes later, the stranger is dead and Nick and Tim are left to puzzle over his final words. What could he have meant by "suff bee suff-iss"? Or was it "south by southeast"? Neither one seems to make much sense, but the Diamond brothers will have to figure it out, and fast! Whoever killed the stranger is now after Nick and Tim!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101554920
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	09/08/2005
Series:	Diamond Brothers Series , #3
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	864,190
File size:	218 KB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Anthony Horowitz is perhaps the busiest writer in England. He has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. He writes in a comfortable shed in his garden for up to ten hours per day. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider ongoing series of books, he has also written episodes of several popular TV crime series, including Poirot, Murder in Mind, Midsomer Murders, and Murder Most Horrid. He has written the television series Foyle's War, which aired in the United States, as well as the libretto of a Broadway musical adapted from Dr. Seuss's book, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. He penned the script for the film The Gathering, which was released in 2003, starring Christina Ricci. Horowitz has also written the Diamond Brothers series.

Table of Contents

1	McGuffin	1
2	South By Southeast	10
3	Room Service	17
4	Number Seventeen	26
5	Birds	35
6	High Security	42
7	Chain Reaction	51
8	Train Reaction	60
9	The Secret Agent	70
10	Shredded Wheat	81
11	Charon	91
12	Stage Fright	105
13	The Wrong Man	116
14	Under the Hammer	126
15	Special Delivery	136

Editorial Reviews

Gr 5-9-Horowitz has created another well-written, well-paced spy melodrama. This fifth addition to the series will engage readers with its hilarious, nonstop story line. Tim Diamond, the world's worst detective, has few cases to solve, so he and his younger brother, Nick, are destitute until a stranger offers Tim a fistful of much-needed cash in exchange for his raincoat. With the stranger's violent death, Tim and Nick find themselves dealing with disbelieving police and people claiming to be government agents. The brothers have a multitude of hair-raising adventures, including one in which they are chased by a small plane in a scene reminiscent of Hitchcock's classic film North by Northwest (hence the book's title). The story ends as the sibs meet the chief villain on a village fair's Tunnel of Love ride. Tim is likable but clueless, and Nick, the narrator, the true brains behind their act.-Alice DiNizo, Plainfield Public Schools, NJ Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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