3 comments about DIGITAL DETECTIVES #3 The Scent of Crime.

1. I read this book and solved the mystery online and it was just as fun as the first two books. This one you got to find out who is stealing all the dogs. It's fun and cool.



2. Once again, Montavan has outdown himself with another hit book in the Digital Detective Mystery series. This is the third book to be published by Running Press since November and the series is definitely off to a "running" start. Joe, the German Shepherd is a terrific character and my kids love the adventure and excitement packed into each and every page. We can't wait until the next book.



3. This series of mysteries (Digital Detectives) requires that you read part of the story, picking up clues and information. Then you are to go to the books website to search for more clues and directions on how to solve the mystery and proceed with your reading in the book. ONE BIG PROBLEM.. the WEB SITE IS NOT FUNCTIONING....IT's NOT AVAILABLE..
   For the last month we have been trying to access the website... but no response... Numerous contacts with the publisher have been met with empty promises.. Yes, we are aware of the problem. Yes, someone is looking into it. Yes, we will have the technical problems worked out by next week...hopefully. And that was close to a month ago. Still no functioning website. My words of advice about this series...don't buy it! The publisher is not supporting the website, and without the website, the mystery is dead in the water.

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2 comments about System Crash (Internet Detectives).

1. This book was great! This is how it starts: AN OPEN LETTER TO PLANET EXCITEMENT CORPORATION And so vacation time begins. During the next few weeks, many people will visit your attractions througout the world. THEY WILL BE IN GREAT DANGER.... Icarus

   That's the blackmail threat. Is it a hoax? Or will famous theme-park rides really start to become death traps? As they head off on their theme-park vacation, Josh Allan, Tamsyn Smith, and Rob Zanelli hope it's a hoax. But a frightening incident proves it's not. With the help of their friends on the Net, the must find the unknown blackmailer-before someone gets killed....Oh, yeah. Tom and Josh meet each other. It's a long story as Josh said in the book. Also, is this the end of Internet Detectives? This series is really short then! There are only 5 books in it! I hope there will be more books. Because usually in the back, it tells what the next book will be about. But this time they didn't....They also put in the back cover: Surf all the titles in INTERNET DETECTIVES for more cybermysteries! But they usually put the next title....




2. This is one of my favourite Internet Detective Books, and I've read up to #8. The plot was extremely well put together. The only thing wrong with it was, Mitch didn't go to a theme park! Poor old Mitch, he gets left out too much! Next time, Mr. Coleman, give Mitch some excitement. The only book he does anything good in is "Speed Surf". By the way, Josh is my favourite character, not Mitch. I just want to see justice served!

3 comments about Operating Codes.

1. Graham and his sister know that their new home is haunted by soldiers from the past; but the past invades their new lives as their father is put on trial for a security breach and the family must adjust to shame and community judgement. Can lessons from the past affect their future in their new home? A ghost story mingles with real-life challenges, here.



2. Graham and his sister Mattie are normal kids. They have a mom, who isn't working, and a dad who works on top secret projects for the national defense association for Britian. But when they move to a spooky old house, everything changes. While trying to fit in at school and make new friends, Graham senses that something strange is going in on the house. At night, Mattie and Graham hear the sounds of soldiers marching, and discover writing on their window in the morning. Their parents believe that the children are just imagining it, but Graham knows they're wrong. He goes on a mission to find out the truth, meeting an older woman who once did research on the house's history. And then, as the pieces fall together, Graham discovers something horrible that happened at his house many years ago: a young soldier, arrested for treason because he leaked information about a poisonous gas being made there. The young soldier was executed, although the gas was a truly horrible death device.

   Meanwhile, something of the sort is happening to Graham's father in the present. He is arrested for putting information about a top secret plane (another death device) on the internet. Of course, he never did such a thing, but will Graham and Mattie be able to prove their father's innocence in a court of law? Will they be able to prove that their father was not the one that did it?

   Operating codes is a ghost story and a mystery all in one. It is suspenseful and spooky, and a wonderful book. Although it isn't the best that I've ever read, it is very good. I reccomend it to anyone ages 9-13.




3. Nick Manns mixes a ghost story with a political message in OPERATING CODES, a novel about the moral implications of working to develop weapons of mass destruction. Most of the story is told by Graham Hayton, a teenager in England whose father designs computer software for sophisticated fighter jets. Graham's sister Matty also tells part of the story through interviews with a psychologist. The two children are witnesses to a series of bizarre and troubling events, some of which seem to have been caused by ghosts! Others are the work of live people with conflicting goals.
   
   The trouble starts for Graham and his family when they move into Sentinel House, an old house that was once used by the British military. Their father's work seems to awaken the ghosts of the house's military past. Matty and Graham have several supernatural encounters that cause them to doubt whether their father's job is an ethical one. At the same time, some very real individuals are acting quite suspiciously around the Sentinel House. All of these events come to a head in a sensational trial --- Graham and Matty's father is arrested for treason!
   
   OPERATING CODES challenges readers to think about war and the moral choices it can involve. Manns relies heavily on biblical passages to make his points --- in one key passage, Matty reminds her father that Jesus instructed his followers to love their enemies --- but avoids a preachy tone. A message of peace leaps off the pages, however, and is particularly thought-provoking at the moment, given the events of September 11th and after.
   
   Despite these engaging questions and a plot built around the supernatural and other mysterious happenings, OPERATING CODES is a surprisingly slow-moving book. Graham tells his story in great detail and with a lot of foreshadowing designed to build suspense. But in a story built around moral questions, a more straightforward narrative style might have kept the story moving along better. Between philosophy and foreshadowing, some of the suspense and energy of the story is lost.
   
   Still, OPERATING CODES has a lot to recommend it --- a ghost story, a trial, an adventure on an abandoned military base, a fictionalized history lesson. Readers will find the book challenging in a number of ways and enjoyable in nearly as many.
   
   --- Reviewed by Rob Cline

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