The Hardy Boys: The Vanishing Thieves - 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 Stone Idol was published in the US in 1980 & was the sixty sixth in the series. The book first appeared in the UK in 1982 & was numbered 64 when it was published by Armada. Frank, Joe, Callie & Iola are eating pizza together at the Bayport Diner when Chet arrives & introduces his & Iola's cousin Vern Nelson. The six of them decide to go the the cinema to see "a monster matinee" ...  Read the complete review

Since 1927, Franklin W Dixon has been one of the most popular authors in terms of books written for teenage boys. Having a plethora of books released under the same name for so many years, bearing in mind this is still happening, it is no surprise that the name is merely a pseudonym used by many different ghost writers who put their pens to paper to bring to life the skeleton plotlines that have been laid out for the Hardy Boys adventures since the very first book. In 1979, the publishing rights switched from Grosset & Dunlap to Simon & Schuster, and although The Vanishing Thieves is the 66th Hardy Boys book published, it is also the 8th since the ...  Read the complete review