The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional characters who appear in several mystery series for children and teens. The series revolves around the teenagers who are amateur sleuths, solving cases that stumped their adult counterparts. The characters were created by American writer Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of book-packaging firm Stratemeyer Syndicate. The books themselves were written by several ghostwriters under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.
Harriet Stratemeyer Adams was an American juvenile book packager, children's novelist, and publisher who was responsible for some 200 books over her literary career. She wrote the plot outlines for many books in the Nancy Drew series, using characters invented by her father, Edward Stratemeyer. Adams also oversaw other ghostwriters who wrote for these and many other series as a part of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, and rewrote many of the novels to update them starting in the late 1950s.
The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers is a detective fiction series of books published by Aladdin Paperbacks, which replaced The Hardy Boys Digest paperbacks in early 2005. All the books in the series have been written under the pen name of Franklin W. Dixon.
The Voodoo Plot is the 72nd title of the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. Dixon, and published by Wanderer Books in 1982.
Night of the Werewolf is the 59th title of the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. Dixon. It was published by Wanderer Books in 1979 and by Grosset & Dunlap in 2005.
The Mummy Case is the 63rd title of the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. Dixon. It was published by Wanderer Books in 1980 and by Grosset & Dunlap in 2005.
The Mystery of Smugglers Cove is the 64th title of the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. Dixon. It was published by Wanderer Books in 1980 and by Grosset & Dunlap in 2005.
The Stone Idol is the 65th title of the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. Dixon. Wanderer Books published the book in 1981 and Grosset & Dunlap published the book in 2005.
The Vanishing Thieves is the 66th title of the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. Dixon. Wanderer Books published this book in 1981 and Grosset & Dunlap published this book in 2005. As of 2018 this is the last Hardy Boys story to be published by Grosset & Dunlap
Trapped at Sea is the 75th title of the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. Dixon. It was published by Wanderer Books in 1982.
Game Plan for Disaster is the 76th title of the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. Dixon. It was published by Wanderer Books in 1982.
The Last Laugh is a Hardy Boys novel in the Casefiles series. It was published in 1990.
The Caribbean Cruise Caper is the 154th book of The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories by Franklin W. Dixon, published in 1999.
The Hunt for the Four Brothers is the 155th title of the Hardy Boys series, written by Franklin W. Dixon. The book was first published by Pocket Books in 1999.
Daredevils is the 159th title of the Hardy Boys series, written by Franklin W. Dixon. The book was first published by Pocket Books in 2000, and republished by Aladdin Paperbacks in 2002, and by Thorndike Press in 2003.
Trouble Times Two is a Hardy Boys book by Franklin W. Dixon, published by Pocket Books in 2001.
Crime in the Kennel is the 133rd book in the Hardy Boys Digests series, written by Franklin W. Dixon.
Warehouse Rumble is a Hardy Boys mystery novel in the Digest series, credited to the pseudonymous Franklin W. Dixon and published in 2004.
Cross-country Crime is a Hardy Boys Digest novel by Franklin W. Dixon, a pseudonym. It is the 134th book in the long-established Hardy Boys series of detective/adventure books, a series written for teenage readers over many years by a number of ghostwriters, most notably Leslie McFarlane.
