The Hardy Boys: Revenge of the Desert Phantom - Franklin W. Dixon

Revenge of the Desert Phantom is the 84th Hardy Boys book, and the 26th published by Simon & Schuster. I find it to be well written, with good characterisation and plenty of action, but the roots are wildly unrealistic, thus providing a balance to the good and the bad. Most Hardy Boys books, I can look past the unlikely nature of the adventures they embark upon, but it is rare that they are very well written. This book has a rather ridiculous plot, as our two heroes, teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, are employed to take a young girl to safety. Nothing wrong or unlikely about that, I hear you say. No, nothing, apart from the fact that 'safety' in this ...  Read the complete review