The boys discover more than ten mysteries in a chapter drowning in foreshadowing and unnecessary exclamations!
The boys almost die, people are shot, cars are wrecked, mysteries abound across the country, and the boys trust several strangers.
The boys ambush the enemy. There are no negative consequences for any of their actions.
In this penultimate chapter of book 4, Frank seizes control of the Police and the Coast Guard while Joe listens to criminals explaining the details of all of their crimes.
The boys-- especially Joe-- demonstrate their disastrous instincts multiple times and get captured. Again.
The boys prove their instincts would set themselves up to be awful parents.
The boys eat several meals to break up the urgency of their kidnapped friends.
The boys untie themselves while their captor is asleep.
The boys make their biggest mistake yet, but think it's a triumph of detectiveship.
The boys continue to vouch for a convicted criminal.
The boys find a desolate island and profile its inhabitant.
We really squander a cool opportunity to shine.
Once again, the boys shrug off good decisions and embrace coincidence.
Unable to learn more, the boys thanked the proprietor and bought three postcards. That sentence is emblematic of this chapter and the entire series as a whole.
The boys let their guard down. REALLY quickly.
The boys go to a party with a loose cardboard sack full of cream.