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Determined to learn the secret of the old mill, Frank and Joe employ a clever ruse to gain entrance and become trapped. There they unravel two mysteries, one involving a counterfeiting case and the other a national security case their father is working on.Tags
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Wildly predictable, but still lots of fun due to the great narration, over the top sound effects, and good wholesome adventure. The Hardy boys and their good friend Chet get caught up in a counterfeiting case after getting a phony twenty dollar bill. Their sleuthing (as always) puts them in some tight scrapes and they get into some nasty boat trouble (the teen aged detectives have motorcycles and a boat of their own... color me jealous), but as is the case, they make it out just find and discover that their is more than counterfeiting going on. Cheesy, yet fun.
Ok, what would summer in New England be without at least one Hardy Boys mystery.....I loved them as a kid, and believe it or not, I'm loving them all over again!....what's not to love......sappy, yes, but charming.....and i always kept turning the page to find out what happened next......perfect......and this book introduces 'Sleuth' to us, which i know plays a big part in the future books.....looking forward to it!
Dad and the boys get mixed up with counterfeiters and a bit of corporate sabotage while mom makes sandwiches. What more can I say, it's the Hardy Boys for crying out loud!
With two cases in tow, the Hardy boys look to Turner mill for clues. Determined to learn the secret of the old mill, Frank and Joe employ a clever ruse to gain entrance, only to find themselves trapped. How the young detectives extricate themselves from this dangerous situation and unravel mysteries will keep readers tense with suspense!
I absolutely loved Nancy Drew growing up. This was a series I latched on to for dear life and never let go. So after my obsession with Nancy Drew started to dwindle (mostly because I had read all the ones I could get my hands on), I moved on to The Hardy Boys because that was the natural next step, duh. Love the Hardy Boys (though they weren't quite as amazing and Nancy Drew and her friends).
Counterfieters are at work in Bayport but as usual it's not that simple for the Hardy Boys. The other newcomers to town are Elekton Controls, an electronics firm making control systems for space missiles. Soon the boys are investigating a ruthless gang of industrial saboteurs and wondering how the two cases tie together. And what does the old mill at the gates of Elekton have to do with it all?
Another spectacular adventure, this is the third novel in the Hardy Boys series.
Another spectacular adventure, this is the third novel in the Hardy Boys series.
An odd combination of old school crime - counterfeiting - and Cold war crime - defense industry sabotage. Also don't remember the clownish Snuff.
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Franklin W. Dixon Franklin W. Dixon is actually a pseudonym for any number of ghostwriters who have had the distinction of writing stories for the Hardy Boys series. The series was originally created by Edward Stratmeyer in 1926, the same mastermind of the Nancy Drew detective series, Tom Swift, the Rover Boys and other characters. While show more Stratmeyer created the outlines for the original series, it was Canadian writer Leslie McFarlane who breathed life to the stories and created the persona Franklin W. Dixon. McFarlane wrote for the series for over twenty years and is credited with success of the early collection of stories. As the series became more popular, it was pared down, the format changed and new ghostwriters added their own flavor to the stories. Part of the draw of the Hardy Boys is that as the authors changed, so to did the times and the story lines. While there is no one true author of the series, each ghostwriter can be given credit for enhancing the life of this series and never unveiling that there really is no Franklin W. Dixon. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Secret of the Old Mill
- Original title
- The Secret of the Old Mill; The secret of the mill
- Original publication date
- 1927; 1962 (revised) (revised)
- People/Characters
- Frank Hardy; Joe Hardy; Fenton Hardy; Laura Hardy; Chet Morton; Lester (show all 8); Uncle Dock; Aunt Gertrude
- Important places
- Bayport, USA
- First words
- "Wonder what the mystery Dad's working on now?" Joe Hardy asked.
"The afternoon express from the north steamed into the Bayport station to the usual accompanying uproar of clanging bells from the lunchroom, shouting redcaps, and a bellowing train announcer. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"We started to look for nature specimens and dug up the old mill's secret!"
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"There's so much counterfeit money going around, these days, that one can't be too careful." - Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.52
- Canonical LCC
- PZ7.D644
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