Franklin W Dixon

"The Tower Treasure" is the first installment in the "Hardy Boys" series of mysteries. Written by Canadian author Charles Leslie McFarlane and published under the pen name, Franklin W. Dixon, in 1927, "The Tower Treasure" ranks as one of the best works in the series. In this thrilling and suspenseful work, readers are introduced to Frank and Joe Hardy, two clever and resourceful teenage boys, who find themselves in the middle of a strange case involving...

Teenage detectives Frank and Joe Hardy investigate a supposedly haunted house reported to be the hangout of criminals.

When the daughter of an amusement-park owner goes missing, it's anything but fun and games in this Hardy Boys adventure-a new take on the classic series. Daisy Rodriguez is missing. Just like that, gone without a trace. Her father, Hector Rodriguez-owner of Funspot, Bayport's local amusement park-is frantic. He feels he's to blame, since Funspot was recently the location of another disappearance. Could Daisy's vanishing be somehow connected? Joe...

Frank and Joe go to the Pocono Mountains to investigate the mystery of a legendary witch who stalks Black Hollow seeking vengeance. Disappearances occur and strange screams fill the night.

The Hardys look to put a gang of armed robbers on ice! Frank and Joe have volunteered to do undercover security work at the Bayport winter festival. Their main assignment is to act as bodyguards for the star performer, Olympic gold medal figure skater David Kennedy. Although put on for a good cause-charity-the festival is soon plagued by bad vibes: Money intended for the local children's hospital is ending up in the hands of masked, gun-wielding...

In Private Killer, Frank and Joe continue their undercover investigation of Gamma Theta Theta, a mysterious-turned-dangerous fraternity at an all-boys New England boarding school. The headmaster's meddlesome, trouble-making daughter is in danger, and it seems like the fraternity members-and even some faculty-will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.

When Frank and Joe find a young woman washed up on the beach of the Caribbean's St. Lucia Island, they realize there's trouble in paradise. Who is the mystery woman? What is she hiding? The answers lie offshore, where a ship's crew scavenges for pirate gold. But in the face of spearguns and man-eating sharks, the Hardys discover that the sea hides more than gold.

MISSION: To find out who is responsible for Bret Johnston's death, and save Galaxy X from another tragedy! LOCATION: Galaxy X, a new theme park in California. POTENTIAL VICTIMS: Any number of A-list celebs invited to the grand opening of the park. SUSPECTS: Tyrone McKenzie and his family seem to make enemies by the second. But is it a new enemy that wants to keep the park shut down? Or someone from the McKenzie family's past who has suddenly resurfaced...?...

In Killer Connections, the detective duo learns that the headmaster of The Willis Firth Academy is in peril along with his daughter-and maybe even the Hardys themselves! Can the boys wrap up their mission before someone loses a life?