Having her able to hold her own in a fight with Doc is a stretch, but Dent's toning down's abilities a lot in this period.more What gets it three stars is Hannah, a two fisted female private eye who like several women earlier in the series can hold her own with the protagonists. It turns out, though, that the McGuffin is quite mundane (Nazis want to mine materials from Happy Bones for their war effort). Something sinister is going on regarding two islands, one of them the eponymous Happy Bones. Having her able to hold her own in a fight with Doc is a stretch, but Dent's toning down' The adventure here is fairly mundane. Overall, a fun, but mostly typical adventure in the series.more There's also an amusing ruse by Monk and Ham in the first part of the story when they try to fool a messenger boy who they think is an assassin and end up being outwitted. They're mostly minor and he regains control fairly easily, but it's almost a little refreshing to see them take place. But strange things are afoot as Doc and his crew investigate.īeing one of the later adventures, Doc isn't as infallible as he is in the early part of the series and he's seen making several mistakes. Doc tries to unravel the mystery of Happy Bones, an island in the Caribbean where the U.S. This adventure takes place in 1943 and it one of the first ones that I've read involving the war effort. Doc even seems to look upon her admirably and one could almost imagine them on further adventures if the series had ever been allowed to grow outside its normal formula. Though usually not as big a fan of the later adventures, this one had a few interesting aspects including Hannah, the female lead who is no damsel in distress, but quite a capable brawler. This adventure tak The last of the single edition Bantam books, I recently acquired a mint condition copy and I think that's why I grabbed it. The last of the single edition Bantam books, I recently acquired a mint condition copy and I think that's why I grabbed it.
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