Humourous read about two brothers, one of who is a detective and rather stupid and the younger one who is the brains behind the cases they solve. Short, sweet and funny. Won't be to everyone's tastes, the humour can be a little black and politically incorrect. Still, enjoyable mystery. ( )

I read the first book in the Diamond Brothers series by Anthony Horowitz: The Falcon's Malteser as part of the February KiddyCAT. It was funny with lots of word play as you might guess from the title that is a play on The Maltese Falcon. The narrator is Nick Simple, who with his older and somewhat inept brother Herbert, begin working as private detectives. Herbert renames himself Tim Diamond and the Diamond Brothers are born. I love Horowitz's Thursday Murder Club series. I will be reading more of this series as well. ( )

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Falcon's Malteser: A Diamond Brothers Mystery. A Young Reader's book, but this very old reader also enjoyed it. Very witty, decent plot, nicely written. Would read another from the same author. ( )

Fun read for teenagers, lots of quirky bits and pieces. The Diamond brothers attempt to solve mysteries but have lots a road blocks along the way. ( )