Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigators in the secret of phantom lake - William Arden

A mysterious sea-chest, a bearded sailor, a one hundred-year-old journal and a legend of pirate treasure: all pieces of a complex jigsaw puzzle which Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw and Bob Andrews - The Three Investigators - must try to fit together.

Who is Java Jim and what is his interest in solving the mystery? Why is he so keen to get his hands on the journal of Angus Gunn, who died in 1872 and left behind him a lake with a phantom "guardian"? What was the surprise that Angus prepared for his wife but which was never discovered after his death? These are a few of the questions to which The Three Investigators must find answers - and find them quickly if they are to outwit Java Jim.

Jupiter and his friends are faced with one of their most intriguing mysteries to date, and risk their lives in an effort to uncover the secret of Phantom Lake.