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Hardy Boys mystery stories

Author:
Dixon, Franklin W
 
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Book cover for "The tower treasure".
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Series Volume:
1.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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After a dying criminal confesses that his loot has been stashed "in the tower," the Hardy boys make an astonishing discovery.
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Series Volume:
2.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Teenage detectives Frank and Joe Hardy investigate a supposedly haunted house reported to be the hangout of criminals.
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Series Volume:
3.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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A counterfeiting case leads Frank and Joe Hardy into an investigation of an old mill, constructed by the pioneers. The Hardy boys determined to learn the secret to the old mill employ a clever ruse to gain entrance only to find themselves trapped in a subterranean passageway.
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Series Volume:
4.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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When the Hardy Boys set out to solve the mystery of their missing chums, they discover a gang hide-out in a cave on an island along the way.
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Series Volume:
5.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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The Hardy boys' search for stolen gold leads them to an abandoned mine where, in the depths of the earth, they are attacked by outlaws.
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Series Volume:
6.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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The Hardy brothers try to find out who is behind a rash of automobile thefts that are occurring on Shore Road just outside of Bayport.
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Series Volume:
7.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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This is the original 1929 story of The Secret of the Caves: The Hardy Boys book 7. The book has undergone one major revision since originally published in 1929, resulting in two different stories bearing the same title.

While enjoying a summer day boating on Barmet Bay, Frank and Joe end up saving Mary Todd from downing. She was on her way to see their father, Fenton Hardy about the mysterious disappearance of her brother. While Fenton Hardy

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Series Volume:
8.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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A series of adventures begin for the Hardy boys after they sail their-ice boat to the desolate and inhospitable Cabin Island.
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Series Volume:
9.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Valuable electronic parts containing platinum are being stolen from shipments made by Stanwide Mining Equipment Company's cargo planes and Frank and Joe Hardy are called upon to assist their world-renowned detective father solve the baffling case. At Stanwide, the boys pose as employees and become suspicious of their boss's hostility towards them. Is he involved in the racket? And what is the truth behind the plane crash at sea in which Clint Hill,

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Series Volume:
10.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Frank and Joe Hardy receive an unusual assignment from their detective father. They are to "break into" the house of a Bayport neighbor, Malcolm Wright and retrieve a top-secret invention that the scientist had hidden in his study before leaving for California. The invention is in danger of being stolen and the boys race against time to beat the thieves at their own game. The young detectives soon discover that they are involved in a mystery far

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Series Volume:
11.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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A banker asks the Hardy Boys to solve the mystery of a secret room in an old deserted mansion.
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Series Volume:
12.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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A plot to steal a top-secret instrument vital to the United States space program poses a challenging case for Frank and Joe Hardy. After rescuing a South American stowaway who mutters a warning about “Footprints “ and then vanishes, Frank and Joe discover that documents belonging to their famous detective father are missing and that footprints linger under a window. The young detective’s search for the diabolical mastermind of the...
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Series Volume:
13.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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In their motorboat the Sleuth Frank and Joe Hardy search Barmet Bay for a dangerous stranger who has stolen a valuable boat. Suddenly, in the eerie fog, they spot the craft drifting aimlessly out to sea. What happens next starts the young detectives and their pal Chet Morton on an intriguing adventure that takes them to Mexico and into the comparatively unexplored desert and mountain regions of Baja California.
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Series Volume:
14.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Series Volume:
15.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The Hardy boys and their father solve a mystery involving inexplicable crashes of highspeed race cars being used to test an experimental turbine motor.
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Series Volume:
16.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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While investigating the theft of a valuable idol, Frank and Joe enounter a terrified business woman, a walking mummy, and a weird glass eye.
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Series Volume:
17.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Strange events involve Frank and Joe Hardy in a mystery which shrouds an ancient treasure—the golden head of the Pharaoh Rhamaton IV. The owner of the million-dollar golden Pharaoh’s head claims it was aboard the freighter Katawa, which sank not far from Whalebone Island. But suspicious developments indicate that Mehmet Zufar may be trying to defraud the shipping line’s insurance company. Frank and Joe enthusiastically accept...
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Series Volume:
18.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The Hardy boys embark on another puzzling mystery when they try to discover who is stealing rare collections of ancient pirate treasure and smuggling them out of the United States.
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Series Volume:
19.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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While Frank and Joe help their father locate a notorious jewel thief, they also explore the mysterious death of a tycoon's nephew years before.
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Series Volume:
20.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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After the new hydrofoil they are guarding is stolen, the Hardy boys face frequent danger in solving a mystery involving criminals who operate by signs of the zodiac.
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Series Volume:
21.
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While searching for the guard end of a broken saber that will solve one mystery, the Hardy brothers become involved with a gang of bank robbers.
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Series Volume:
22.
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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When two suspicious plane accidents occur near an eastern airport, the two Hardy brothers investigate the case and find themselves in greater danger than they anticipated.
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Series Volume:
23.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Suspecting that their friend has been swindled, the Hardy brothers investigate and find themselves on the trail of a much larger criminal operation.
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Series Volume:
24.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Series Volume:
25.
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A chance meeting with a stranger on the road provides the Hardy brothers with a clue to a gang of local burglars.
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Series Volume:
26.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The Hardy brothers embark on a freighter trip under mysterious circumstances and find themselves involved with a smuggling ring.
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Series Volume:
27.
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Series Volume:
28.
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The Hardy brothers interrupt their investigations of jewelry-store holdups to answer a plea from their cousin on a New Mexico cattle ranch.
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Series Volume:
29.
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The Hardy boys travel to the Deep South to vindicate a long-dead Confederate general, disgraced during the Civil War because he was accused of stealing hidden gold belonging to a bank.
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Series Volume:
30.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Their SOS ignored in a storm, the Hardy boys find a wallet containing two thousand dollars alongside their boat and are launched into a mystery involving diverse clues.
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Series Volume:
31.
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An archaeological expedition in the West turns into a desperate attempt to capture robbers and an escaped convict.

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Series Volume:
32.
Book cover for "The yellow feather mystery".
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Series Volume:
33.
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In trying to trace a missing will, detectives Frank and Joe Hardy trap a dangerous criminal who is willing to risk all--including murder--for money.
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Series Volume:
34.
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When their peregrine falcon brings down a homing pigeon carrying rubies, the Hardy brothers find themselves involved with kidnappers.
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Series Volume:
35.
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In solving the mystery of two medallions missing from an inherited curio collection, the Hardys wind up in a desolate area of Guatemala at the mercy of dangerous thugs.
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Series Volume:
36.
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Hired to locate an old Spanish cannon, the Hardy brothers uncover an even greater treasure after perilous underwater adventures.
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Series Volume:
37.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Book cover for "Mystery at Devil's Paw".
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Series Volume:
38.
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When they journey to Alaska to help a friend who feels his life is in danger, the Hardy brothers find their own lives threatened.
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Series Volume:
39.
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Series Volume:
40.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Series Volume:
41.
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Series Volume:
42.
Book cover for "The mystery of the Aztec warrior".
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Series Volume:
43.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The Hardy Boys must find the missing Aztec descendant and the valuable treasure that belongs to him.
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Series Volume:
44.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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A long-distance telephone call from Chet Morton’s uncle summons Frank and Joe Hardy and their staunch pal Chet to a summer art school, located near old Fort Senandaga which is reputed to be inhabited by a ghost. The young detectives’ assignment: recover two famous oil paintings stolen from the valuable Prisoner-Painter collection owned by Jefferson Davenport. Mr. Davenport reveals that one of the famous pictures contains a clue to the...
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Series Volume:
45.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Series Volume:
46.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Frank and Joe, the Hardy boys, solve a mystery involving a magician, American secret agents, and international spy ring, and a Scottish castle.
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Series Volume:
47.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Helping in a case their father is working on, the Hardy brothers try to find an informer who has telephoned from a booth in their home town, and are hired by a carnival owner to spot pickpockets.
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Series Volume:
48.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Private investigator Fenton Hardy enlists the aid of his teenage detective sons in a search for a missing man being sought by an insurance company. All leads to the sailor’s whereabouts have petered out and the boys fly to Iceland, the man’s native land, hoping to find a new clue. From the moment Frank and Joe arrive in Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland, they are in constant danger.  In the spine-chilling pursuit that follows,...
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Series Volume:
49.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The Hardy boys dial a wrong number, get the Pentagon, and suddenly find themselves in a dangerous adventure involving national security.
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Series Volume:
50.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The Hardy boys and two friends take a camping trip to the Rocky Mountains in an attempt to locate a gang of credit-card counterfeiters.
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Series Volume:
51.
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The Hardy brothers' search for the missing son of a wealthy industrialist leads them to Brazil and great danger.
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Series Volume:
52.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The Hardy brothers' visiting Greek pen pal enlists their help in searching for a priceless ancient Greek helmet loaned to and lost by a Hollywood movie company years before.
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Series Volume:
53.
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Their efforts to recover a stolen ancient chess piece lead the Hardy brothers to Hong Kong where they help smash an international criminal organization.
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Series Volume:
54.
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On a winter vacation in Jamaica the Hardy boys begin a dangerous adventure when an ancient bronze death mask is discovered near their beach house.
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Series Volume:
55.
Description:
The Hardy boys' investigation of a museum robbery in England arouses the anger of a coven of black witches.
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Series Volume:
56.
Description:
The search for missing gold takes the Hardy boys to the Yucatan Peninsula where they uncover a second mystery.
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