The Hardy Boys: Secret of the Old Mill - 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.... The Secret of the Old Mill was the third book to be published in the US. It was first issued in 1927 & was revised in 1962. When the book was published by Armada in the UK this story was numbered 16. This third book sees Frank & Joe investigating a counterfeiting ring after their friend, Chet Morton is passed off with a bogus $20 note. Later in the story Tony Prito also discovers a bogus $20 note when he banks ...  Read the complete review

The Secret of the Old Mill is the third book in the immense series of Hardy Boys books frst penned in the 1920s by Franklin W Dixon (pen name of Leslie McFarlane). The Hardy Boys were Frank and Joe Hardy, sons to supersleuth private detective Fenton Hardy, and their adventures would often involve a selection of their group of friends as they stumble on some sinister plot. This third book in the series features a money counterfeiting ring which, as if by magic the Hardy Boys stuble across. Witht he help of their friend Chet Morton, they track a counterfeit note to a missile-development company called Elekton Controls, and as the mystery deepens and they get ...  Read the complete review