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The Hardy Boys Casefiles #84
False Alarm
Death trap!
There's a new brother team in town - Ed and Peter Mason - and they've got Frank and Joe's number. Ed has already put Joe down on the wrestling mat, and Peter's robots are sure to put Frank's science project to shame. And now the Masons are putting the moves on Callie and Vanessa. All's fair in love and war, but the Hardys don't even know what's at stake.
An even bigger test awaits them. Fenton Hardy has taken charge of a multimillion-dollar jewelry exhibit at the Bayport Museum, and his supersophisticated security system has suddenly gone haywire. Realizing that much more than their reputations are on the line, Frank and Joe close ranks with their father in the fight of their lives... against a criminal mastermind!
There's a new brother team in town - Ed and Peter Mason - and they've got Frank and Joe's number. Ed has already put Joe down on the wrestling mat, and Peter's robots are sure to put Frank's science project to shame. And now the Masons are putting the moves on Callie and Vanessa. All's fair in love and war, but the Hardys don't even know what's at stake.
An even bigger test awaits them. Fenton Hardy has taken charge of a multimillion-dollar jewelry exhibit at the Bayport Museum, and his supersophisticated security system has suddenly gone haywire. Realizing that much more than their reputations are on the line, Frank and Joe close ranks with their father in the fight of their lives... against a criminal mastermind!
160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 1994
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About the author
Franklin W. Dixon
734 books991 followersFranklin 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.
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.
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July 12, 2019
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.
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.
June 17, 2020
The original Hardy Boys mysteries are one hundred times better. This particular book deviates too much from the classic personalities.
Mrs. Hardy is too pushy. Mr. Hardy is a cry baby. Joe and Frank won’t stop whining about girls, not to mention their detective skills suddenly went down the drain. Everything was so out of character.
The mystery itself was a pretty good plot. Everyone loves a good heist. The parallels between fathers and sons was also interesting.
Mrs. Hardy is too pushy. Mr. Hardy is a cry baby. Joe and Frank won’t stop whining about girls, not to mention their detective skills suddenly went down the drain. Everything was so out of character.
The mystery itself was a pretty good plot. Everyone loves a good heist. The parallels between fathers and sons was also interesting.
July 24, 2018
Frank and Joe decide to help their father protect a precious jewellery collection at the museum from the likes of master criminals that are possibly connected to a new pair of brothers outdoing them at school! Dixon is sure ti please fans with this entry!
July 27, 2014
FFS! This one had alota scientific shenanigans! I LUURRVE IT. Robotics really is cool but yeah, most of the ones dealing with this mechanical-electrical fandango are creeps. And when the pressure's on, one false move can lead to a crushing blow! Like, kaboom! LOl hahahah.
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