The Hardy Boys: The Disappearing Floor - 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 Mystery Of The Disappearing Floor was published in the US in 1940 & was the nineteenth in the series. It was revised in 1964. The book first appeared in the UK in 1971 & was numbered 5 when it was published by Armada. This review is for the Armada edition. The story opens with Frank & Joe spotting a car that their father asked them to keep an eye out for. Unfortunately, whilst tailing it, the car ...  Read the complete review

In the third book not written by Leslie McFarlane under the pseudonym Franklin W Dixon, Frank and Joe Hardy help their father investigate an elusive jewel thief. The plot thickens as they learn that it all links to a death many years ago, and the dangers heightens as they realise that there is a secret that someone is keen to keep buried! The Disappearing Floor is the 19th Hardy Boys book. The books follow the adventures of Frank and Joe Hardy, sons of fictional supersleuth Fenton Hardy, and are written by Franklin W Dixon. This is now the third book not written by McFarlane, and also one of the more disappointing of the series. The books seemed to take a bit ...  Read the complete review