The Hardy Boys: The Mummy Case - 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 Mummy Case was published in the US in 1980 & was the sixty third in the series. The book first appeared in the UK in 1981 & was numbered 61 when it was published by Armada. The book opens with Frank & Joe being asked by their father to look into the disappearance of some statuettes at the Egyptian Museum in New York. After arriving at the museum Frank & Joe are suspicious of a security guard ...  Read the complete review

The Mummy Case is the 63rd Hardy Boys book, and the 5th published by Simon & Schuster. As such, it is sometimes referred to as the 5th Hardy Boys book, but is not to be confused with Hunting For Hidden Gold, which was the 5th one ever published way back in the first half of the 20th Century. The books are all published under the pseudonym Franklin W Dixon, but have been written by a number of different ghost writers through the years. I often find that the stories start off in unlikely fashion, but generally end up being well written and enjoyable. The Hardy Boys are brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, teen supersleuths and sons of detective Fenton ...  Read the complete review