The Invisible Detective: Ghost Soldiers (The Invisible Detecti...

When their friend, Charlie, gets mixed up with a mad scientist who is in the process of creating an army of mutant soldiers, the Invisible Detective and his team must work to put an end to the evil plot and free their friend from the scientist's powerful grip before time runs out.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8–In this third adventure, a group of English teens known as the Cannoniers is investigating the death of a local drunk. What they discover is an underground attempt at creating mutant soldiers, led by the evil Miss Gibson and her sidekick, Lawson. These ghost soldiers are actually humans whom Gibson has injected with a serum that turns them into metallic, non-feeling fighters. It is up to the Cannoniers to stop the soldiers from taking over the country. It is easy to root for these teens as they save the day. While the main story takes place in pre-World War II London, it is related through the pages of the present-day, mysterious diary of Art, who is somehow connected to the Cannoniers and able to solve the mystery along with them.–Carly B. Wiskoff, Sayville Library, NY Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Booklist

Gr. 5-8. The newest addition to the Invisible Detective series, which is very popular in England, combines mystery and science fiction into a surprisingly smooth and action-packed story that links a contemporary teen with four young crime solvers of the mid-1930s. The Invisible Detective, a creation of several kids who work together, dismisses a drunk's crazy story about a terrifying soldier. When the man is viciously murdered, the amateur sleuths investigate and discover that the soldier isn't just a figment of an alcohol-muddled brain--it's part of a terrifying Frankenstein monster-like army. Action and violence, in larger-than-life proportion, will keep the pages turning as the strange scenario unfolds. Stephanie ZvirinCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Justin Richardslives in Warwick, England.

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