The Bailey Brothers - those fictional crime solving brothers that Steve Brixton emulates - are based upon
The Hardy Boys series of books. Originally written in the Twenties and Thirties, they were revised and republished starting in 1959. Although Franklin W. Dixon is the name attributed to the author on the books, they were originally written by Leslie McFarlane who was a Canadian journalist. There have been 190 Hardy boys books written from 1929 to 2005, but many people feel only the first 58 books are really the "true" hardy boys books. There really is a Hardy Boys Detective Handbook - I had one when I was ten!
Steve Brixton solves the case of the blackbird robber while eating dinner just from the clues rick tells him. This scene calls to mind the
Encyclopedia Brown stories by Donald J. Sobol. In these stories Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown often solves the mysteries his Chief of Police father tells him about while the family is having dinner.
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