James D Lawrence
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The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
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Reviewed on 11th October 2020
The Mystery of the Chinese Junk, thirty-ninth in the series, has an interesting setting for a fairly standard story.
The Mystery at Devil's Paw
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Reviewed on 13th September 2020
Book 38 of the original Hardy Boys series - my read through has slowed somewhat since earlier in lockdown as I’ve been distracted by more recent publications, and also because too many Hardy Boys adventures back to back is a little tortuous (not that it stopped me as an 11-year-old).
The Ghost at Skeleton Rock
Reviewed on 24th July 2020
Deep into the original run of the Hardy Boys novels, Skeleton Rock starts well - with a classic new hobby for Chet, a hometown mystery, and a collection of surprising family-owned vehicles.
The Disappearing Floor
Reviewed on 28th May 2017
The nineteenth original Hardy Boys book (or at least my UK edition of the 1964 re-write) sees the brothers investigating a series of jewellery thefts, as well as a strange house which appears to be haunted, and not just one but several instances of floors that disappear.
The Secret Warning
Reviewed on 26th May 2016
The seventeenth book in the original Hardy Boys series, in its revised form, tells the tale of the brothers on the trail of an island inhabiting ghost, and a golden relic of ancient Egypt being imported too the United States for some sort of illegal sale (probably).
A Figure in Hiding
Reviewed on 6th January 2016
The sixteenth novel in the original Hardy Boys series (in the 1965 rewrite edition) sees the brothers up against a mysterious glass eye which they discover when one of their acquaintances' boat goes for a test run. It features a number of the tropes of the stories that I've recognised over the course of my re-read so far, including experimental modes of transport, car chases, car crashes, gangs, mystery faces at windows, Chet having a weird new hobby, and so on.