Super Mystery

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Super Mystery is a 36-volume series of crossover paperbacks, pairing The Hardy Boys with Nancy Drew. Earlier crossovers include a 1970s TV series, the novelization of one of the TV episodes (The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula), two SuperSleuths books (each book containing 7 short stories), Campfire Stories (a book of 7 short stories in celebration of the anniversary of the Campfire organization), and the Be-A-Detective series (6 choose-your-own adventure books).

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The series is based on the Nancy Drew Files and the Hardy Boys Casefiles universes, as evidenced by Shock Waves, in which the melted keys from the car bombing that killed Iola Morton in the first Hardy Boys Casefile, are mentioned. The books are written under the Keene pseudonym and are told mainly from Nancy's view. Since 2007, and the re-introduction of the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery series based on the "Nancy Drew: Girl Detective" series, many fans have referred to this original crossover series as SuperMystery'88 in order to differentiate the two series.

An attraction between Frank Hardy and Nancy Drew was mentioned throughout the series.

Series titles

Titles and publication dates
#TitleReleasedAuthor
1 Double Crossing June 1988
2 A Crime for Christmas November 1988 Peter Lerangis [1] [2]
3Shock WavesApril 1989
4Dangerous GamesAugust 1989
5The Last ResortNovember 1989
6The Paris ConnectionApril 1990
7Buried in TimeAugust 1990Peter Lerangis & Larry Mike [3]
8Mystery TrainNovember 1990
9Best of EnemiesApril 1991
10High SurvivalAugust 1991
11New Year's EvilNovember 1991
12Tour of DangerApril 1992
13Spies and LiesJuly 1992 Tracey West [4]
14Tropic of FearNovember 1992
15Courting DisasterApril 1993
16Hits and MissesJuly 1993
17Evil in AmsterdamNovember 1993
18Desperate MeasuresMarch 1994
19Passport to DangerJuly 1994
20Hollywood HorrorOctober 1994
21Copper Canyon ConspiracyDecember 1994 Robin Hardy [5]
22Danger Down UnderMarch 1995
23Dead on ArrivalMay 1995
24Target for TerrorAugust 1995
25Secrets of the NileNovember 1995
26A Question of GuiltMarch 1996
27Islands of IntrigueMay 1996
28Murder on the Fourth of JulyJuly 1996
29High StakesNovember 1996
30Nightmare in New OrleansMarch 1997
31Out of ControlJune 1997
32Exhibition of EvilAugust 1997
33At All CostsOctober 1997
34Royal RevengeDecember 1997
35Operation TitanicFebruary 1998
36Process of EliminationApril 1998 C.J. Henderson [6]

In additions to the titles listed above, two unpublished manuscripts were written. Book #37 was written by Louise Munro Foley and had the working title The Playhouse Mystery. Book #38 was untitled, but listed as forthcoming on an on-line book sales site.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Crime for Christmas". Hardy Boys Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  2. ↑ "Shock Waves". Hardy Boys Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  3. ↑ "Buried in Time". Hardy Boys Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  4. ↑ "Spies and Lies". Hardy Boys Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  5. ↑ "Robin Hardy papers". The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts . New York Public Library . Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  6. ↑ "Process of Elimination". Hardy Boys Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-09.

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