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The Hardy Boys #184
The Dangerous Transmission
THE HARDY BOYS®
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 this wily criminal, Frank and Joe need to hunt all over London -- from back alleys to the Tower of London. With new suspects popping up at every turn, and disaster threatening the teens, can they manage to sink their teeth into the crook before it's too late?
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 this wily criminal, Frank and Joe need to hunt all over London -- from back alleys to the Tower of London. With new suspects popping up at every turn, and disaster threatening the teens, can they manage to sink their teeth into the crook before it's too late?
160 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2004
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Franklin W. Dixon
784 books1,001 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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October 16, 2017
I've reviewed so many of these books, I've run out of things to say about them.
July 16, 2024
Closing the trifecta of my teenage nostalgia reads with good old Hardy Boys.
The chilly, foggy weather of London added to the spookiness. Nice read!
The chilly, foggy weather of London added to the spookiness. Nice read!
January 22, 2020
A good solid digest. 4.5 stars, rounded down to 4, there was nothing wrong per se with this book but just nothing that made it REALLY great. But solid, definitely solid.
The boys are in London, they have a friend there who's an orthodontist and also does taxidermy and wax stuff, and also he put a transmitter in a fake tooth, and it's really obvious who the bad guy is so the twist isn't really much of a twist... but I admit they didn't broadcast it TOO much and maybe if I wasn't constantly reading mysteries I wouldn't have gotten this one. London was pretty neat, nothing really amazing but definitely better than the Bayport setting they've been stuck in recently.
Kudos to the cover artist for making a truly inexplicable cover... a raven at the Tower of London with a human tooth in its beak that seems to be shooting white electricity.
The title is weird though, there wasn't really a dangerous transmission... or a transmission of any kind... I mean the tooth transmits signals in theory but it never did in the book and certainly wasn't dangerous. Huge missed opportunity for a tooth pun in the title.
The boys are in London, they have a friend there who's an orthodontist and also does taxidermy and wax stuff, and also he put a transmitter in a fake tooth, and it's really obvious who the bad guy is so the twist isn't really much of a twist... but I admit they didn't broadcast it TOO much and maybe if I wasn't constantly reading mysteries I wouldn't have gotten this one. London was pretty neat, nothing really amazing but definitely better than the Bayport setting they've been stuck in recently.
Kudos to the cover artist for making a truly inexplicable cover... a raven at the Tower of London with a human tooth in its beak that seems to be shooting white electricity.
The title is weird though, there wasn't really a dangerous transmission... or a transmission of any kind... I mean the tooth transmits signals in theory but it never did in the book and certainly wasn't dangerous. Huge missed opportunity for a tooth pun in the title.
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March 29, 2020Another great adventure set with the greatest legends, Frank and Joe!
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November 15, 2019
very good
July 3, 2010
farnk and Joe are on a vacation in London.They are staying wih an old friends who use dto be thier roommatee.the then learn thier old friend created a devise .This device is a tooth that can be a phone4 .You can send messages and the person thta has the tooth can only hear it and send megases back.But someone is after the devices and will do anything to get it even kill.Can the hardy boys find the theft before it too late? Read the story to find out
April 12, 2012
A great story. The description about London and the London bridge is as spooky as it gets.
July 3, 2014
It was just a wonderful book !
June 22, 2016
Wasn't as good as I thought, but okay.
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