Beyond the Law

The Hardy Boys Casefiles #55

by Franklin W. Dixon

When the veteran Bayport police chief is accused of bribery and attempted murder, the Hardys investigate to clear his name and uncover a thirty-five-year-old police cover-up.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Young Adult

150 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1991

About the author

Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon & Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the Ted Scott Flying Stories series, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Canadian author Leslie McFarlane is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with Edward Stratemeyer, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Edward and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, Andrew E. Svenson, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s.
The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.

Reviews

[Bookish Indulgenges with b00k r3vi3ws · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I first read Hardy Boys, I think I was in class 5, I had such a crush on Frank Hardy. I liked the brainy one over the brawny one and that sums up my first impression of Hardy Boys.
In their late teens, Frank and Joe Hardy take after their detective father Fenton Hardy. Frank is the older of the two and has more breakthroughs in the cases because he is the brainy one. Joe is the younger brother who more often than not is useful when things get hot and they need to fight their way out.
Like Nancy Drew, the books in the The Hardy Boys series re written by ghostwriters under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. And yes, the earlier books were better than the latter ones.

[Krithikaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is really interesting. It kept me curious to know what will have next. The writing is very easy to understand. It is an awesome book for a quick read.

[Maeli Gleason · Rating 3 out of 5]

meh not the best hardy boys

[Rayni · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mom got this as a digital book. I heard part of it, but she finished it without me. I wanted to know how it ended. I went to our local library, but the librarians hadn't even heard of Hardy Boys Casefiles. I ordered it as an interlibrary loan. When I went to pick it up, it was Casefiles all right, but it wasn't the Casefiles I wanted. I wasn't interested in the books they'd received & I refused them. I'd given up on getting them. It was just going to be 3 more books I'd have to "abandon." I was surprised to get a call from the library saying there was a Hardy Boys Casefiles book for me at the library. I was ready to refuse it too, when it was the book I wanted with ALL THREE books in one volume!! Whoa!! This book came from the Pend Oreille County Library District, Calispel Valley Library, Cusick, WASHINGTON!!

I debated about giving it a 4 or a 5. Was the fact that it was short, fast-paced & no romance any reason to give it a 4?? I really liked this book. It was thrilling & it had me on the edge of my seat. It was like I kept telling my mom when she'd turn off the digital player, afraid someone was going to get killed. "This is the Hardy Boys! They are the heroes, they are not going to get killed." Ya, but that didn't mean some of the other characters wouldn't.

[Vidya · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the better case files I've read. I always loved Ezra Collig's character, the later one of course not the old one which makes everyone from P.D. looks like Commissioner Gordon from the sixties. But this Collig is nice and fun. And it was good to see a background for him

Great book

[Odetta · Rating 4 out of 5]

I kept turning the player off because I didn't want to hear about the boys getting killed. My daughter told me the Hardy Boys wouldn't get killed. It still made me nervous.

[Dannuel Delizo · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Power politics and police payoffs make an explosive mix!"

[Angelin Chalce · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first book i read in the hardy boys series ....BEYOND THE LAW has some serious aspects....Loved it a lot.