The Hardy Boys: Sky Sabotage - Franklin W Dixon

Frank and Joe Hardy are the teenage sons of famous private detective Fenton Hardy and his wife Laura. Together, (and sometimes from help with family and friends) they investigate all sorts of crimes & strange occurrences.... Sky Sabotage was published in the US in 1983 & was the seventy ninth in the series. The book first appeared in the UK in 1985 and was numbered 77 when it was published by Armada. There are a fair few coincidences at the start of this book. Joe drives into the parking lot of Bayport High and lays down on the car seat to take a nap. By sheer coincidence he overhears a conversation between two men who are obviously ...  Read the complete review

Hmmm......is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a satellite sabotage case for Frank an Joe Hardy, the eternally youthful Hardy Boys who have endured even the dodgiest of plots. This, the 79th Hardy Boys released, sees spies and satellites taking the boys to Florida to prevent a ruthless comms company from sabotaging their rivals' satellite. While in Florida, the boys also encounter a second and seemingly separate case, involving the 'theft' of two porpoises. This is often a bit of a trademark of the Hardy Boys books, with the two plots being explored. They often become related as the books continue, but not always, and this is one where the plots do converge, ...  Read the complete review