The Three Detectives and the Missing Superstar

by Simon Brett

The disappearance of Britain's leading rock star begins an investigation by the Three Detectives.

179 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Simon Brett, OBE, FRSL is a prolific British writer of whodunnits.

He is the son of a Chartered Surveyor and was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he got a first class honours degree in English.

He then joined the BBC as a trainee and worked for BBC Radio and London Weekend Television, where his work included 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and 'Frank Muir Goes Into ...'.

After his spells with the media he began devoting most of his time to writing from the late 1970s and is well known for his various series of crime novels.

He is married with three children and lives in Burpham, near Arundel, West Sussex, England. He is the current president of the Detection Club.

Reviews

[Henry Reed · Rating 2 out of 5]

If the title didn’t raise any suspicions this would be a Three Investigators wannabe, the actual story setup would have given it away. I see elements of Brains Benton as well in the characters and their situations. Simon Brett spins a good tale, but it’s clear this was an early attempt to write for a younger audience. And it would seem Brett believes tweens and young teens—the target audience here—are all semi-literates who need every fourth word defined.