The Hardy Boys: Hunting for Hidden Gold - Franklin W. Dixon

Frank & Joe Hardy are the teenage sons of famous private detective Fenton Hardy & his wife Laura. Together, (& sometimes from help with family & friends) they investigate all sorts of crimes & strange occurences.... This was the 5th Hardy Boys book, first published in the US in 1928 & then revised in 1963. It was first published in the UK in 1973 & was numbered 25 in the series when published by Armada. The book opens with Frank & Joe & some friends camping out in the woods. Their father, Fenton Hardy, has asked them to keep an eye out for a man called Mike Onslow who may be connected to a case that he's working ...  Read the complete review

For the 5th Hardy Boys book, Franklin W Dixon does what he did to the saga in his 4th book. Hunting For HIdden Treasure takes the brothers Frank and Joe Hardy out of their comfort zone and transports them away from home and gives them the task of treasure hunting instead of solving crimes with their supersleuth father Fenton Hardy. The Hardy Boys books are aimed at young adults and ther are literally hundreds of them. The first and original series of books were penned by Franklin W Dixon (pen name for Leslie McFarlane) and the first ones were released in the 1920s. As a result, many of them seem outdated to the more modern reader, but they are still excellent ...  Read the complete review