The Hardy Boys: Swamp Monster - 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.... The Swamp Monster was published in the US in 1985& was the eighty second in the series. The book first appeared in the UK in 1986 and was numbered 80 when it was published by Armada. This book opens with Frank and Joe returning from the gym and finding their father talking to his old college friend, Professor Martin Pierce. Pierce is an internally acclaimed naturalist whose been working in southeast Texas trying to ...  Read the complete review

The 83rd Hardy Boys book sees a return to the usual death defying danger that the teenage All-American sleuths find themselves falling into book after book. The books are published under the name Franklin W Dixon, which is a pen name for a number of ghost writers who have written the books since the first one was published in the late 1920s. The Swamp Monster sees our heroes Frank and Joe Hardy as they journey to Big Thicket in Texas to help protect a naturalist who is under threat due to his wanting to protect nature. The story's plot is a well explored theme of those who want to keep things as natured intended being bullied by corporate greedy fat cats who ...  Read the complete review