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| 38. THE MYSTERY AT DEVIL'S PAW |
| FOREWORD |
| When Frank and Joe Hardy receive a telegram from Tony Prito in Alaska telling them that his life is in jeopardy, the immediately make plans to fly to Tony's rescue. Unknown enemies dog the Hardys and their pal Chet Morton even before they start the 4,000-mile jour- ney. The forces working against them become increas- ingly menacing in Juneau, where Frank and Joe nearly lose their lives. Who are the vicious assailants? And what are their sinister motives? Trying to find the answers to these puzzling questions lead the Hardys into dangerous sleuthing in the wilderness of Alaska and British Co- lumbia. The astounding secret that the young detectives un- cover, in the shadow of the forbidding mountain peak Devil's Paw, winds up one of the most perilous adven- tures they have ever encountered. |
| In a series of hair-raising adventures both on land and undersea the teen-age brother detectives pit their wits against some of the most ruthless criminals they have ever encountered. It all starts when Frank and Joe are skin diving just for fun and the thrill of exploring the undersea world. Sud- denly, deep in the waters that flow near the foot of Pirates' Hill, a mysterious skin diver fires a spear through Frank's air hose. From this moment on, danger is never far away. The very lives of the boys are at stake as they, with the help of their pals Chet Morton and Tony Prito, uncover a mys- tery involving an old Spanish cannon and a fabulous sunken treasure. Again, Franklin W. Dixon has woven a suspense-filled story that will thrill his many fans. |
| A cryptic message from their famous detective father and a note secreted in a ventriloquist's dummy lead Frank and Joe Hardy on a dangerous search to the tropical is- lands in the Caribbean. There the teen-age detectives are constantly beset by vicious henchmen of a criminal mastermind. Danger stalks the boys' every move, once in an isolated sugar mill, another time in a shark-infested sea. To add to their hazards, one of the young henchmen closely resembles Joe and fiendishly makes use of this strange coincidence. Through their resourcefulness and deductive reasoning, the brother sleuths ingeniously fit together the pieces of the baffling puzzle. The climax of this exciting mystery, when Frank and Joe come face to face with the ghost at Skeleton Rock, will be as much of a surprise to the reader as it was to the young detectives themselves. |
| When the Hardy boys and their friends are nearly run down by the Bayport - Rocky Isle ferry, a plan is developed to buy a Chinese junk and start their own shuttle-boat business for the summer. Literally moments after finalizing the purchase deal on their junk, the Hai Hau, ominous problems begin to arise. First, a group of sinister oriental men insist that the Hai Hau be sold to them. Then the boat is sabotaged, causing the Hardys and their friends to lose business. To top it off, Frank and Joe discover their Chinese junk may have been used to smuggle goods into the country! The Hardy boys have many questions to be anwered. Are the Oriental factions trying to buy their boat, part of a smuggling gang led by the Chameleon? Is Clams Dagget, their competition, responsible for the trouble the new ferry service is experiencing? Who is the mysterious Dr. Montrose, and is he a legitimate doctor? Join the Hardys and their friends as they unravel the many clues involved in this adventure. This book is the first in the series that was not revised with a second edition. |
| The uncle of Willard Grafton, a California industrialist, hires the Hardys to find Grafton, who disappeared in the California desert along with his friend, Clifford Wetherby. Grafton's plane had been found undamaged in the desert near giant, ancient figures etched in the sandy surface. The boys along with their pal Chet Morton fly West to find the missing men. Along the way, the boys encounter problems with a group of sinister criminals who seem determined to stop the search for Grafton and Wetherby. When Chet is duped with a bogus US government check, the Hardys wonder if the phony check case their father is working on, and their investigation are connected. Parched desert, treacherous rivers, scorpions are just some of the hazards the boys face as they look to unravel clues to the whereabouts of Willard Grafton. Are the desert giants somehow connected to the men's disappearance? Did the two men vanish on purpose, and are they mixed up in something illegal? Join the boys in this exciting mystery which culminates in a surprising conclusion. |
| FOREWORD |
| FOREWORD |
| OVERVIEW |
| OVERVIEW |
| 36. THE SECRET OF PIRATES' HILL |
| 37. THE GHOST AT SKELETON ROCK |
| 39. THE MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK |
| 40. MYSTERY OF THE DESERT GIANT |
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