Franklin W Dixon

Teenage detectives Frank and Joe Hardy investigate a supposedly haunted house reported to be the hangout of criminals.

The Missing Chums is a thrilling instalment in the iconic Hardy Boys series, written by Franklin W. Dixon. In this gripping mystery, brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, along with their close friends Chet Morton and Biff Hooper, find themselves entangled in a perplexing case of disappearance and danger. The story unfolds when the Hardy boys' friends, Jerry Gilroy and Phil Cohen, vanish without a trace during a sailing excursion on Barmet Bay. Concerned...

A hunt for family treasure turns sinister, when the friends who were helping the boys mysteriously disappear.

"The Mystery of Cabin Island" is the eighth installment in the "Hardy Boys" series of mystery stories. Written by Canadian author Charles Leslie McFarlane and published under the pen name Franklin W. Dixon in 1929, "The Mystery of Cabin Island" ranks as one of the best books of the series. Just before Christmas, we find the Hardy boys, Frank and Joe, excited for their winter break from school in Bayport. The boys hope to spend their winter break renting...

When valuable electronic parts are stolen from shipments made by Stanwide Mining Equipment Company's cargo planes, the boys go undercover as employees to track down the thief.

THE MISSING CHUMS In this captivating story, Frank and Joe Hardy, along with their friends Chet Morton and Biff Hooper, find themselves embroiled in a puzzling case involving the disappearance of their chums. As the young detectives follow a trail of clues and face dangerous adversaries, readers are taken on a suspenseful journey filled with intrigue, suspense, and unexpected twists. HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD In Hunting for Hidden Gold, the brothers...

The Tower Treasure Frank and Joe Hardy were driving along on their motorcycles one pleasant afternoon when a roadster driven by an apparent madman almost ran them down. The event happened so fast that all the boys noticed was the drivers' bright red hair. Later, that same red-haired driver attempted to rob a ferry boat office, and successfully made off with a yellow roadster called Queen from the Hardys' friend, Chet Morton. Since one witness reported...

Joe and Frank Hardy are attending the season's opening night at Funspot, a local amusement park that's been declining for years, but that recently got new owners and a facelift. Their friend Daisy's family has everything riding on Funspot's success: If the revamped park is a failure, her family will be broke! At first, an exhilarating new attraction is a huge hit - but when one of the riders disappears into thin air, fun and games turns into spine-tingling...

Brother detectives Frank and Joe find themselves on the basketball court and in the midst of a dangerous team initiation scheme in this thrilling Hardy Boys adventure. Joe and Frank are taken aback when Principal Gerther announces that they need more extracurriculars on their school transcript, and he's signed them up for the basketball team. They think it's odd because they both stink at basketball! But the Hardys soon find out that their principal...

It's a case of hidden identities for brother detectives Frank and Joe in the in the eighteenth book in the thrilling Hardy Boys Adventures series. The Hardy brothers and Frank's new girlfriend, Jones, are attending a local comic book convention on the shore. They meet up with Jones's friend Harper, a fellow comics super fan, on the boardwalk outside the convention. The four of them spend hours running from booth to booth and end the perfect day with...