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Loading... The Great Airport Mystery (1930)by Franklin W. Dixon
   No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) WormsReview | Aug 31, 2018 |   ) justagirlwithabook | Aug 1, 2018 | ) jeffome | Apr 12, 2016 | This book is about two high school-aged boys whose father is a detective, as are his sons. The detectives discover that priceless electronic parts are being stolen from Stanwide Mining Company. The boys pose as employees for Stanwide, hoping to uncover clues the thieves have left behind. The boys succeed in their undercover work and finally locate the thieves hideout on an island. However, assuming the boys would try to find their location, the burglars flee to another location in Montana. Unknown to the thieves, the boys found their flight plan to their new hideout. The detectives immediately fly to the thugs' hideout and pounce. They effectively capture the entire group of thieves as a climax to the book. I really like this book because it is so complex. I also admire the way the author made the ending not exactly what you would expect. ( ) bplteen | Apr 27, 2012 | This book is about two high school-aged boys whose father is a detective, as are his sons. The detectives discover that priceless electronic parts are being stolen from Stanwide Mining Company. The boys pose as employees for Stanwide, hoping to uncover clues the thieves have left behind. The boys succeed in their undercover work and finally locate the thieves hideout on an island. However, assuming the boys would try to find their location, the burglars flee to another location in Montana. Unknown to the thieves, the boys found their flight plan to their new hideout. The detectives immediately fly to the thugs' hideout and pounce. They effectively capture the entire group of thieves as a climax to the book. I really like this book because it is so complex. I also admire the way the author made the ending not exactly what you would expect. ( ) bplteen | Apr 27, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesThe Hardy Boys (9)
Juvenile Fiction.
Mystery.
HTML: Valuable electronic parts containing platinum are being stolen from shipments made by Stanwide Mining Equipment Company's cargo planes and Frank and Joe Hardy are called upon to assist their world-renowned detective father solve the baffling case. At Stanwide, the boys pose as employees and become suspicious of their boss's hostility towards them. Is he involved in the racket? And what is the truth behind the plane crash at sea in which Clint Hill, chief pilot for Stanwide was killed? Frank and Joe launch an aerial search for clues to the platinum thieves' hideout, believing that they will also uncover the mystery behind Hill's accident. The puzzling trail of clues leads the young sleuths to an uninhabited Caribbean island, near the scene of the plane crash - then to a mountaintop in Montana and a danger-filled showdown with the band of thieves. But the final discovery - and the most startling and exciting revelation of all - is made in the boys' hometown of Bayport. .No library descriptions found. |
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