The Hardy Boys: The Blackwing Puzzle - 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 Blackwing Puzzle was published in the US in 1984 & 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 particular story opens with Jeff Allen and his wife Mary calling in Frank and Joe to investigate some spooky goings on at their home - the Blackwing Mansion. The mansion was originally part of the network which helped runaway ...  Read the complete review

This 82nd Hardy Boys book sees a return to home for the boys, and a plot line more befitting a couple of amateur teen detectives than the usual international crime rings that they thwart on a regular basis. The Hardy Boys, brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, are the sons of renowned supersleuth Fenton Hardy, and they often find themselves gallavanting around the world, solving everything from murders to space race sabotage, and occasionally, it just gets a bit too much. The books are aimed at teenage boys, predominantly. As a result, the main characters, Frank and Joe, have stayed at 18 and 17 respectively ever since the first book came out in the 1920s. This sort ...  Read the complete review