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The Hardy Boys #136
The Cold Cash Caper
Volunteering for undercover security work during the Bayport Winter Festival, Frank and Joe perform bodyguard duties for an Olympic gold-medal figure skater and are forced to ward off a pair of gun-wielding thugs. Original.
160 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1996
About the author
Franklin W. Dixon
952 books1,017 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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June 28, 2021
The winter festival has come to Bayport and Frank and Joe are on security detail as companions to the guest figure skater David Kennedy.
Yet they get more than they bargained for when a spate of robberies are committed at the festival and then David is kidnapped...
The boys are determined to solve the case and rescue David so he can perform and raise money for the local children's hospital but their lives are in serious danger.
Another exciting Hardy boys winter adventure.
Yet they get more than they bargained for when a spate of robberies are committed at the festival and then David is kidnapped...
The boys are determined to solve the case and rescue David so he can perform and raise money for the local children's hospital but their lives are in serious danger.
Another exciting Hardy boys winter adventure.
February 21, 2018
Didn't we just do an Olympics book? The figure skating stuff certainly wasn't more interesting than that and since the last Olympics book was really pretty decent, this one didn't have anything to compare to it.
July 18, 2021
Another good entry in the newer Hardy Boys books! I enjoy the more developed characters and banter between the brothers. A solid mystery, too.
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