Hardy Boys 30: The Wailing Siren Mystery

Hardy Boys 30: The Wailing Siren Mystery
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 193
Release: 1951-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101076445

Caught in their motorboat the Sleuth by a sudden storm at sea, Frank and Joe Hardy are relieved to see the lights of a yacht. But their SOS ignored. The shrill sound of a siren fills the night air and moments later a helicopter drops an object alongside the Sleuth: a wallet containing two thousand dollars! The next day, a truck carrying a shipment of high-powered rifles has been stolen. These two apparently unconnected events are clues in a tangle of mystery which turns out to be one of the detective brothers’ most exciting adventures.

Nancy Drew 23: Mystery of the Tolling Bell

Nancy Drew 23: Mystery of the Tolling Bell
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 193
Release: 1946-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101077247

Nancy becomes involved in another mystery when she accepts an invitation from Mrs. Chantrey, a client of Mr. Drew, to vacation at her cottage in a picturesque seaside town. Carson Drew has promised to join his daughter, but fails to arrive. The alarming disappearance of Mr. Drew and the odd circumstances surrounding his rescue are only the start of a series of highly dangerous adventures for Nancy and her friends Bess and George. Mrs. Chantrey’s story about a nearby Cliffside cave reputedly inhabited by a ghost intrigues Nancy and she decides to investigate. Several frightened townspeople claim to have seen an apparition and heard the weird sounds of a tolling bell just before water rushes from the cave. Will Nancy discover the true cause of these mysterious occurences?

Hardy Boys 20: Mystery of the Flying Express

Hardy Boys 20: Mystery of the Flying Express
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 193
Release: 1941-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101076348

A sleek new hydrofoil is scheduled to start ferrying passengers between Bayport and Cape Cutlass. But business enemies of the hydrofoil owner have stirred up a hornets’ nest of violent opposition among small boat owners. Fearing sabotage, he begs Frank and Joe Hardy to guard the Flying Express on her maiden trip. Startling developments plunge the teenage detectives into a dangerous chase by sea, air, and land in pursuit of a gang of hardened criminals who operate by the signs of the Zodiac. Tension mounts when the Flying Express vanishes – and so does Sam Radley, Mr. Hardy’s skilled operative. Peril stalks Frank and Joe’s every moves as they hunt down the terrifying gangleader Zodiac Zig and his vicious henchmen.

Nancy Drew 51: Mystery of the Glowing Eye

Nancy Drew 51: Mystery of the Glowing Eye
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 193
Release: 1974-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101077522

When Nancy Drew eagerly agrees to help her lawyer father solve the mystery of the glowing eye, she has no way of knowing that it will involve the kidnapping of her close friend Ned Nickerson. A puzzling note in Ned’s handwriting set Nancy and her friends Bess and George on a hazardous search for a bizarre criminal. From their base of operations, the Emerson College campus, the three girl detectives and Ned’s college pals follow a maze of clues to locate the kidnapper’s hideout and rescue Ned. Not only is Nancy greatly worried about Ned, but also she is alarmed by the high-handed methods of a woman lawyer who tries to take the case away from her. Readers will follow Nancy’s exciting adventures as she unravels this dangerous web of mystery.

Hardy Boys 42: The Viking Symbol Mystery

Hardy Boys 42: The Viking Symbol Mystery
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1962-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101076550

The Canadian Northwest beckons Frank and Joe Hardy to mystery and adventure. It all starts when a French-Canadian trapper, Caribou Caron, makes a historical and valuable find–-a carved rune stone left by Vikings centuries ago near Great Slave Lake. When Caribou Caron attempts to sell the artifact to a representative of a museum, it is snatched by thieves. Like the intrepid Vikings of old, Frank and Joe, with their close pal Chet Morton, set off on a perilous quest in the Northwest Territories to recover the valuable artifact before the robbers can decipher the symbols leading to the buried treasure.

Nancy Drew 04: the Mystery at Lilac Inn

Nancy Drew 04: the Mystery at Lilac Inn
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1930-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780448095042

Nancy and her friend Helen visit their friend Emily Willouby at the Lilac Inn, which Emily now owns, to help her plan her wedding. Emily plans on selling inherited diamonds in order to help fix up the Lilac Inn. However, Nancy soon learns that someone has been impersonating her and making expensive purchases under her name. Soon after, Emily's diamonds are stolen! Can Nancy find the thieves and recover the missing diamonds?