Hardy Boys 24: the Short-Wave Mystery
By (Author) Franklin W. Dixon
24
Penguin Putnam Inc
Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
1st March 1945
United States
Children
Fiction
813.52
Hardback
192
Width 127mm, Height 195mm, Spine 18mm
227g
When thieves hijack a collection of stuffed animals from a country auction, Frank and Joe Hardy pursue the getaway car and are drawn into a thrilling mystery. At the same time, the young detectives' father-famed private investigator Fenton Hardy-is tracking down an industrial spy ring. This suspense-filled story of pursuit and detection will keep the reader breathlessly following the chain of unexpected developments that lead Frank and Joe to the spine-tingling climax in the wilds of Northern Canada.
Franklin W. Dixon is a pen name used by a variety of authors writing for the classic series, The Hardy Boys. The first and most well-known "Franklin W. Dixon" was Leslie McFarlane, a Canadian author who contributed 19 of the first 25 books in the series. Other writers who have adopted the pseudonym include Christopher Lampton, John Button, Amy McFarlane, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.