The Hardy Boys Books

A friend of the Hardys wins the lottery, then his sister is held hostage for a large ransom. This is just your average Hardy Boys book, nothing too special.

Frank and Joe's friend Ben Martin Wins a cool $5 Million, but all he gets is trouble. First his uncle demands to get a share because he's family, then his sister gets kiddnapped and he gets black mailed by a crook for his sisters safety. Read this book and be thrilled

My son and I read this book together. It kept us guessing to the end. More amazing than that, it kept his attention throughout. He actually asked me to sit down and read with him, so he could learn how the case came out. Like in other books in the series, elementary-age Frank and Joe Hardy work with their friends to solve a mystery and help a friend in need. In this case, they help a magician regain his good reputation by discovering who stole the latest Jimmy Han flick during the magician's show. References to magic and karate wrapped up in a mystery make a great story for young readers.

This new line of Hardy Boys books is very current in language and content. Refreshing after reading the old books, that in some instances aren't politically correct, i.e. always referring to Chet as fat. The stories are timely and engaging.

Having their car break down, the Hardys must travel to the small town of Axeblade to get repairs. But something strange is happening. When the brothers go camping in a nearby National Park, they get ambushed! They soon discover that someone is dumping their toxic waste in the National Park, killing animals! Using their witts and skills, the Hardys' must find the fiend responsible. This is a wonderful book!

While in a former mining town near Lake Tahoe to investgate the disappearance of a movie actor, Frank and Joe become involved in a decades old feud between the town's youth. Before I read the book, I didn't expect it to be very good, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it well written and with an intriguing plot.

Frank and Joe stop an atomic bomb from destroying a major city. Cool! A must read for any HBC fan!

This book is one of the best paperbacks in the series. It starts off with Frank and Joe breaking up an attempted mugging on a New York subway. It turns out that the mugger is after the victim's newly purchased ruby, called "The Crimson Flame". The victim is a prominent rancher in Arizona. Soon after arriving in Arizona, the victim asks the Hardys to investigate strange events at his ranch. Here they encounter sinister ranchhands and a suspicious staff, and a clue from a hat they find takes them to Thailand and then back to Arizona where they solve the mystery. I don't want to give away too much. Numerous encounters with the criminals happen throughout the book, and the action is non-stop. Their friends, Chet and Biff are in the story, but they play no significant role in the investigation other than be ranch hands at the victim's friend's ranch (and that's not saying much). Highly recommended, great read from start to finish.

I thought this was a very interesting book. As far as Casefiles go, it was ok. It was however a little different then some of the other casefiles. Surprise ending, and theme of the 20's. Very good.

In this book, a relative of Frank's girlfriend is charged with murder. As always, the Hardys step in to help clear his name.

it is about the hardy boys going on vacation in the desert and they find some mysterious people stealing cactuses