Mr. Mystery is a mystery-fiction series written by Jim Aitchison under the pseudonym of James Lee

James Lee (writer)

James Lee is a Singaporean author.-Biography:Aitchison is a Singapore Permanent Resident, and the Australian has been living in Singapore since 1983. Before he became a full-time writer, Aitchison was a voice actor, and creative director of an advertising agency...

 (also the author of the Mr. Midnight

Mr. Midnight

Mr. Midnight is a children's horrors series written by Jim Aitchison under the pseudonym of James Lee. The series is published by Angsana Books. There are currently 65 "episodes" of this book and 4 Special Edition titles being distributed with more being written and released around every two to...

series). Unlike Mr. Midnight

Mr. Midnight

Mr. Midnight is a children's horrors series written by Jim Aitchison under the pseudonym of James Lee. The series is published by Angsana Books. There are currently 65 "episodes" of this book and 4 Special Edition titles being distributed with more being written and released around every two to...

, it has a fixed group of main characters. The series is published by Angsana Books. Eighteen "episodes" of the series have been published with Special Edition One set to be released near Christmas

Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

 time, and new "episodes" are planned for release every two to four months, together with Mr. Midnight

Mr. Midnight

Mr. Midnight is a children's horrors series written by Jim Aitchison under the pseudonym of James Lee. The series is published by Angsana Books. There are currently 65 "episodes" of this book and 4 Special Edition titles being distributed with more being written and released around every two to...

 books. Since the release of book 12, the letterpage and preview of the next book has been removed.

Plot

The story is about 6 friends who run a detective

Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...

 company, named Soh & Co, behind Alvin Soh's mother's jewelry shop. Here is the sign of it.


SOH & CO
INVESTIGATORS
We investigate anything
No case too big or too small

Main characters

• Alvin Soh: He is the main character in Mr. Mystery. He lives with his mother, Gracie Soh. His gel-slicked hair is always cut very short at the sides, which seems to make his ears stick out. In The Mystery of the Sydney Slayings, he learns that his father was murdered by The Snake.
• Tan Wei Ling: She has a collection of criminal files in their headquarters. She is Alvin's "girlfriend". She became jealous when Alvin became close to Tai, The Snake's daughter. She has a prominent beauty spot. She always wears white tee and jeans. In book 13 Wei Ling has a new boyfriend, Tony Hall.
• Rafe: His real name is Rafferty Lim. He is Alvin's best friend and his senior investigator. He is so handsome that he looks like a member of a boy band. He is also Mars Wong's boyfriend. In The Mystery of the Rajah's Ruby, it is revealed that he can fly a plane.
• Mars Wong: She is a beautiful girl and is Rafe's girlfriend. She is close to Tan Wei Ling and Sabrina Sim (a girl who is not an investigator). She is the one who found out Tai is actually The Snake's daughter. Before she started dating with Rafe, she had a boyfriend, Edmund Lim (The Mystery of the Eagle's Eye).
• Azizul: He always wears a hat. Azizul enjoys teasing Wei Ling just to see her beauty spot bob up and down. He has a girlfriend, Farisha, but she is not an investigator.
• Sinchita: Sinchita can draw very well. She has a cat, Kuching. Sinchita believes relationships do not last long, just like what happened to her father and mother. In The Mystery of the Seventh Sword, she is unintentionally poisoned by The Snake, after she cut her finger with the poisoned envelope meant for Alvin, slipping into a coma. In the next book, The Mystery of the Missing Murderer, she died, leaving five investigators in the team.
• Tony Hall:Tony likes to surf. He became Wei Ling's boyfriend in The Mystery of the Unlucky Undertaker. He was very patient and always hold up for Alvin. He became part of the group in The Mystery of the Clueless Corpse.

Minor characters

• Sergeant Soo: His name is Samuel Soo. He was friends with Alan Soh, Alvin's father. Sergeant Soo always helps Alvin in his investigations, whether he likes it or not. He became protective to Alvin and his team after he learned that Alan Soh, Alvin's father, was murdered by The Snake. He has a romantic relationship with Gracie Soh. He later becomes extremely protective to Alvin and forbids the team to be involved in any criminal investigation.(The Mystery of the Unlucky Undertaker)
• Gracie Soh: Alvin's mother. Owns a jewelry shop. She has a romantic relationship with Sergeant Soo. She is often worried about Alvin's safety during his investigation, especially after finds out how Alan Soh and Sinchita was killed.
• The Snake: Alvin's deadliest enemy. He often wears a green-reptile mask and he never takes it off. He is extremely dangerous and always tries to get rid of Alvin and his team as they always outsmart him. In The Mystery of the Rajah's Ruby, it is revealed he has a daughter, Tai.
• Tai: Her full name is Taipan, based on a deadly poisonous snake's name. She is very beautiful, and Alvin used to date her until Mars gave him a warning. Tai oftens go against her father's will and warns Alvin about the danger that are coming, causing her father to question her loyalty (The Mystery of the Man Who Had to Die).
• Cordelia Chew: Mars' friend. She tries to get Alvin to be her boyfriend (The Mystery of the Terrified Teacher). Both Alvin and Tony are infatuated by her it seems.

List of Characters

Book introduced:

Book 1

• Alvin Soh (debut)
• Tan Wei Ling (debut)
• Mars Wong (debut)
• Rafferty Lim (debut)
• Azizul (debut)
• Sinchita Sathish (debut)
• Alvin's Mum/Gracie Soh (debut)
• Khor
• The Snake (debut)
• Sergeant Soo (debut)
• Benny
• Josie
• Nifty
• Man in Hood
• Maxim

Book 2

• Mr Mun
• Felix Wang/Mun
• Stella
• Mr Terence Tiew
• Mr Foo (debut)
• Nurulfarisha Atiqa (debut)

Book 3

• Tai (debut)
• Mr Pek
• Inspector Werner Schmidt/Otto
• Inspector Lal

Book 4

• Ray "Romeo" Doggett
• Rocky Doggett
• Frankie Doggett
• Maxie Bloom
• Zeke
• Ah Hock

Book 5

• Edmund Lim
• Professor Julius Jung
• Professor Aloysius Tham

Book 6

• Takume
• General
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   Tshombe
• Takume's father/Minister of State
• Mr Quentin Quek

Book 7

• Justen/ Ricky
• Sabrina Sim
• The Shark
• Mr Sim
• Rublev

Book 8

• The Boot
• Detective Inspector Bellamy
• Frank Dugan
• Alec Dugan
• Joe
• Blinsky
• Harold Hooper
• William 'Lucky' Lockwood
• 'Butcher' Braggins

Book 9

• Mr Tarquin Tarn
• Benjamin Pang
• Gustave Fan

Book 10

• Wilbert Wong
• Silas Wong
• Olivia Wong
• Sebestian Wong
• Oscar Oei

Book 11

• Chow Ah Long
• Johnny Lok
• Lefty
• Ernest Pan

Book 12

• Vincent Goy
• Laski
• Smith
• Miss Chia
• Professor Charles Dodge

Book 13

• Augustus Heng
• Alfred Heng
• Tony Hall (debut)
• Mr. Hoy
• Inspector Wong

Book 14

• 'Putty Nose' Neo
• William Koe
• Winston Koe
• Jeremy Koe
• Jessica Koe

Book 15

• Mong Tuck Seng
• Karl Kong
• Chin
• Choy
• Antoine Leclerc
• Elsie Lee
• Ernst Hoffman

Book 16

• Lawrence Ler
• Leopold Ler
• Cordelia Chew (debut)
• Charles Chan
• Mrs. Chan
• Mr. Leong
• Alfred Lim
• Roger Lye
• Simon Tang

SE 1

• Erica Ong
• Dexter Mak
• Julius Fong
• Edward 'Bruiser' Boey
• Joseph Boey
• 'Cheery' Chong
• Mr. Ho
• Mr. Li
• Mr. Chia
• Tham 'The Tailor'

Book 17

• Lucas Ong
• Ashton Ang
• Sidney Cheah
• Walter Wee
• Ronald Ang
• Vera Ong
• Ernest Choy

Book 18

• Angus Lim
• Benedict Heng
• Frederick Foo
• Julius Seow
• Benny Lok

Book 19

• Dr Augustus Lai
• Tiffany Tan
• Dr Quek
• Harold Leung

Books Published

Book	Released	Title	Synopsis
1	3 March 2006	The Mystery of The White Tiger	Someone is about to kill an escaped convict Convict A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison", sometimes referred to in slang as simply a "con". Convicts are often called prisoners or inmates. Persons convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences often are not termed... .
2	26 May 2006	The Mystery of the Missing Movie	The investigators get caught up in a case of an unsolved murder Murder Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide... , and millions of dollars.
3	15 September 2006	The Mystery of The Rajah's Ruby	An old enemy tries to get the Rajah's Ruby.
4	19 January 2007	The Mystery of the Purple Pop Star	A pop star disappears before a concert.
5	4 May 2007	The Mystery of the Eagle's Eye	An eagle was stolen from the house of Professor Julius Jung.
6	4 May 2007	The Mystery of the Runaway Rebel	A powerful general General A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....  is looking for a boy, who is a liar Lie For other uses, see Lie A lie is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement, especially with the intention to deceive others....  and a thief.
7	7 September 2007	The Mystery of the Boy Who Never Was	Criminals are looking for the Silver Begging Bowl and one of Mars' friends has a new boyfriend.
8	18 January 2008	The Mystery of the Sydney Slayings	On vacation in Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Alvin and his investigators stumble upon a murder.
9	6 June 2008	The Mystery Of The Seventh Sword	Mr Tarquin Tarn receives pictures of swords arriving at different times and gets a threat that he will die when the picture of the seventh sword arrives. Sinchita, one of the investigators, slips into a coma after being cut by a poisoned envelope sent by The Snake which is meant for Alvin.
10	29 August 2008	The Mystery Of The Missing Murderer	A Man who had been framed by his own family asks Alvin for help to prove his innocence and clear his name. However, evidence against him keeps piling up.
11	28 November 2008	The Mystery Of The Man Who Had To Die	Alvin is asked to find a missing security guard named Albert Tien by his sister, Flora Tien. Meanwhile, someone is following Alvin and watching him.
12	19 January 2009	The Mystery Of The Body in the Bath	A rich business man has been shot dead in his bath. Meanwhile, Alvin has to wrestle with another mystery of who Tony is and why he is with Wei Ling.
13	15 May 2009	The Mystery Of The Unlucky Undertaker	An undertaker was stabbed to death in a mortuary while he was embalming a corpse.
14	20 November 2009	The Mystery of the Clueless Corpse	When a headless body is found in a park, Alvin is determined to bring the killer to justice. But without a single clue to work on, his reputation is on the line.
15	4 June 2010	The Mystery of the Bungling Baker	The body of a baker is found dead, stuffed inside a cupboard of a five-star hotel.
16	24 September 2010	The Mystery of the Terrified Teacher	Alvin's art teacher is shot dead the night after he hires Alvin.
SE 1	19 November 2010	The Mystery of the Christmas Killer	At a department store, a gangster dressed as Santa Claus is shot dead.
17	26 January 2011	The Mystery of the Jealous Jeweler	A famous jeweler is found murdered at a jewelry fair.
18	27 May 2011	The Mystery of the Friendless Fisherman	Alvin and Azizul fish a corpse from the waters.
19	16 September 2011	The Mystery of the Museum Murder	A poison dart kills a man at the museum at midnight.
20		The Mystery of the Gangster's Gun	The Snake hires Alvin to prove his innocence after three gangsters were shot dead.

External links

• Flame Of The Forest website
• The Mr. Mystery series