The Wailing Siren Mystery

The Wailing Siren Mystery

Original edition
Author	Franklin W. Dixon
Language	English
Series	The Hardy Boys
Genre	Detective, mystery
Publisher	Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date	January 1, 1951
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	192 pp
Preceded by	The Secret of the Lost Tunnel
Followed by	The Secret of Wildcat Swamp

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The Wailing Siren Mystery is Volume 30 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.

This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Andrew E. Svenson in 1951. ^[1] Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter. ^[2] The original version of this book was shortened in 1968 by Priscilla Baker-Carr ^[1] resulting in two similar stories sharing the same title.

Plot summary

Their SOS ignored by a strange yacht in a storm, the Hardy Boys find a wallet alongside their speedboat, apparently dropped from a helicopter, containing two thousand dollars, and are launched into a mystery involving diverse clues. This includes finding out who kidnapped Jack Wayne and took his plane, and where the wailing siren is coming from.

Early on in the story Frank is attacked by a masked man while walking home. The man overpowers Frank and puts him in a car, bound gagged and blindfolded. He is driven to a cottage and imprisoned in a basement, with the intention to ransom him to his family. He escapes on his own, however. Near the end Frank and Joe are captured by two of the men, who grab them and tie them tightly to a tree. Their father, Fenton Hardy, later rescues them, and the criminals are caught.

References

1. Keeline, James D. "Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed" (PDF).
2. The Hardy Boys Online: Revisions