A collection of twelve essays examining the boy detective and his genre from a range of critical perspectives. Series discussed include Hardy Boys, Tow Swift, the Three Investigators, Christopher Cool and Tim Murphy, as well as works by Astrid Lindgren, Mark Haddon, and Joe Meno.

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction: The Nomenclature of Boy Sleuths MICHAEL G. CORNELIUS      1. A Hardy Boys’ Identity Narrative and The Tower Treasure LARRY T. SHILLOCK      2. Hardy Camaraderie: Boy Sleuthing and Male Community in the Hardy Boys Mysteries C. M. GILL      3. Terminal Immaterial: The Uncertain Subject of the Hardy Boys Airport Mysteries CHRISTOPHER SCHABERG      4. Strategies of Adaptation: The Hardy Boys on Television BRIAN TAVES      5. Natural Detective Work: Ideas About Nature in the Early Tom Swift Books ELIZABETH D. BLUM      6. Tim Murphy: Superhero Without a Cape FRED ERISMAN      7. Adventures and Affect: The Character of the Boy Detective and Orphan in Astrid Lindgren’s Rasmus and the Tramp CHARLOTTE BEYER      8. The Power of Three: Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators Series ALAN PICKRELL      9. Clashing Genres: (No) Sex and (No) Violence in the Christopher Cool, TEEN Agent Series MICHAEL G. CORNELIUS      10. “The Perfect Hero for His Age”: Christopher Boone and the Role of Logic in the Boy Detective Narrative NICOLA ALLEN      11. Has the World Outgrown the Classic Boy Detective? JOHN FINLAY KERR      About the Contributors      Index  & nbsp;