Hardy Boys mystery stories
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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:
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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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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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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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...
18. The twisted claw
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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.
23. The melted coins
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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.
25. The secret panel
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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.
32. The crisscross shadow
44. The haunted fort
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44.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Frank and Joe Hardy struggle to locate two stolen paintings that contain clues to hidden treasure.
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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,...
60. Mystery of the samurai sword
61. The Pentagon spy
63. The mummy case
64. Mystery of Smugglers Cove
65. The stone idol
66. The vanishing thieves
67. The outlaw's silver
68. Deadly chase
69. The four-headed dragon
70. The infinity clue
71. Track of the zombie
72. The voodoo plot
73. The billion dollar ransom
74. Tic-tac-terror
75. Trapped at sea
76. Game plan for disaster
77. The crimson flame
78. Cave-in
79. Sky sabotage
80. The roaring river mystery
81. The demon's den
82. The blackwing puzzle
83. The swamp monster
84. Revenge of the desert phantom
85. The skyfire puzzle
86. The mystery of the silver star
87. Program for destruction
88. Tricky business
89. The sky blue frame
90. Danger on the diamond
91. Shield of fear
92. The shadow killers
93. The serpent's tooth mystery
94. Breakdown in Axeblade
95. Danger on the air
96. Wipeout
97. Cast of criminals
98. Spark of suspicion
99. Dungeon of doom
100. The secret of the island treasure
101. The money hunt
102. Terminal shock
103. The million-dollar nightmare
104. Tricks of the trade
105. The smoke screen mystery
106. Attack of the video villains
107. Panic on Gull Island
108. Fear on wheels
109. The prime-time crime
110. The secret of Sigma Seven
111. Three-ring terror
112. The demolition mission
113. Radical moves
114. The case of the counterfeit criminals
115. Sabotage at Sports City
116. Rock 'n' roll renegades
117. The baseball card conspiracy
118. Danger in the fourth dimension
119. Trouble at Coyote Canyon
120. The case of the cosmic kidnapping
121. The mystery in the old mine
122. Carnival of crime
123. The robot's revenge
124. Mystery with a dangerous beat
125. Mystery on Makatunk Island
126. Racing to disaster
127. Reel thrills
128. Day of the dinosaur
129. The treasure at Dolphin Bay
130. Sidetracked to danger
131. Crusade of the flaming sword
132. Maximum challenge
133. Crime in the kennel
134. Cross-country crime
135. The hypersonic secret
136. The Cold Cash Caper
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136.
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The Hardys look to put a gang of armed robbers on ice! Frank and Joe have volunteered to do undercover security work at the Bayport winter festival. Their main assignment is to act as bodyguards for the star performer, Olympic gold medal figure skater David Kennedy. Although put on for a good cause-charity-the festival is soon plagued by bad vibes: Money intended for the local children's hospital is ending up in the hands of masked, gun-wielding thugs,...
137. High-speed showdown
138. The Alaskan adventure
139. The search for the snow leopard
140. Slam Dunk Sabotage
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140.
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The Hardys and their high school basketball team, the Bayport Bombers, are getting ready to play for their championship. One more victory will put them on top. But somebody's got a different game plan: Blast the Bombers out of contention by knocking Frank and Joe out of the way-for good.
141. The desert thieves
142. Lost in Gator Swamp
143. The giant rat of Sumatra
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144.
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When Frank and Joe find a young woman washed up on the beach of the Caribbean's St. Lucia Island, they realize there's trouble in paradise. Who is the mystery woman? What is she hiding? The answers lie offshore, where a ship's crew scavenges for pirate gold. But in the face of spearguns and man-eating sharks, the Hardys discover that the sea hides more than gold.
145. Terror at high tide
146. The mark of the blue tattoo
147. Trial and terror
148. The ice-cold case
149. The chase for the mystery twister
150. The crisscross crime
151. The rocky road to revenge
152. Danger in the extreme
153. Eye on crime
154. The caribbean cruise caper
155. The hunt for the four brothers
156. A will to survive
157. The lure of the Italian treasure
158. The London deception
159. Daredevils
160. A game called chaos
161. Training for Trouble
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161.
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JUDO...FENCING...ARCHERY...BIATHLON... SOMEONE WANTS TO WIN-AT ANY COST! The combat sports training facility has just opened in Bayport, and the Hardys are on hand to check it out. They can practice judo, fencing, archery, and biathlon, and meet aspiring athletes from all over. But good times turn to bad sportsmanship when Joe's girlfriend, Iola, gets a nasty electrical shock during a fencing workout. Then someone decides to use Frank for target practice...
162. The end of the trail
163. The spy that never lies
164. Skin & bones
165. Crime in the cards
166. Past and present danger
167. Trouble times two
168. The castle conundrum
169. Ghost of a Chance
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169.
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IN THE TENNESSEE WOODS, A MOVIE ABOUT A DARING THIEF LANDS THE HARDYS IN DANGER! Years ago Jake "Jumper" Herman bailed out of a plane in the Great Smoky Mountains and disappeared -- with a fortune in treasure. Now Frank and Joe are helping out on a movie about the escape, working with the animal wranglers, who handle trained mountain lions and bears for the film. But the set seems jinxed. A pretty young star's stunt leads to a hair-raising accident,...
170. Kickoff to danger
171. The test case
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171.
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The Hardy boys try to figure out how a copy of the new statewide test has turned up in Tony's book bag.
173. Speed Times Five
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173.
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CAN THE HARDYS PASS THIS EXTREME TEST OF ENDURANCE AND SKILL? Making it to the finish line of the high-endurance Fire Creek Mountain Race is going to be a real challenge for the Hardys. The five demanding events include downhill mountain biking, kayaking, cross-country hiking and climbing, biking through the city streets of Montreal, and a high-speed SeaZoom race on Lake Champlain. But when dangerous accidents begin to interfere with the events,...
174. Hide-and-Sneak
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174.
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SOMETIMES THE BEST ACTING IS DONE BY AMATEURS The Hardys' friend Chet answers an ad in the paper for a role in a student film. There's just one catch: All participants must have a boat, so Chet persuades Frank and Joe to get their motorboat, the Sleuth, out of mothballs. He even convinces the brothers to join him. The aquatic extravaganza will be shot locally on Barmet Bay and will be totally improvised. The director promises clues, cryptic charts,...
175. In plane sight
176. The case of the psychic's vision
177. The mystery of the black rhino
178. Passport to danger
179. Typhoon Island
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180.
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While vacationing on a tropical island, Frank and Joe Hardy endure "bad luck," face a dangerous typhoon, and struggle to solve a mystery.
180. Double jeopardy
181. The secret of the soldier's gold
182. Warehouse rumble
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184.
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IT'D BE A CRIME TO LOSE THIS TOOTH While on holiday in London, Frank and Joe Hardy learn that a new invention-a voice transmitter that can be implanted in a tooth-has been stolen. The prime suspect is a notorious spy who has recently been spotted in London, but shortly after the Molar Mike is stolen, the Hardys catch a trespasser in the lab where the transmitter originated. The suspect list is growing, and there's little time to spare. To catch...
184. Wreck and roll
186. No way out
187. Farming Fear
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188.
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SOMETHING ROTTEN IS LURKING AT THIS RANCH! It's winter in Bayport, but things are heating up at the Morton family farm. It looks like someone is wreaking havoc with the property, and Chet and Iola Morton are worried that their grandparents are in danger of losing it! With their parents out of reach, the Mortons call on Frank and Joe Hardy for help. They need to figure out who's behind the trouble-and fast. The Hardys are hot on the trail, but the...
188. One False Step
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189.
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A TRIP TO THE CIRCUS STIRS THE BOYS' SENSES-AND SUSPICIONS. Frank, Joe, and their friends head to Philadelphia to catch a performance of Aerocirque, an amazing circus act with a twist: The acrobats swing and flip from helicopters high in the air! But all is not well in the City of Brotherly Love. The other show in town is a series of robberies, and no one knows how they're being pulled off. Frank and Joe are soon jumping through hoops to find the...
189. Motocross madness
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190.
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The Hardy Boys and their friend Jamal are participating in a motorcycle exhibition and some criminals are trying to ruin it so the Hardy Boys are trying to find the criminals.