Tic-Tac-Terror

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Tic-Tac-Terror
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Author Franklin W. Dixon
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Hardy Boys
Genre Detective, mystery
Publisher Wanderer Books
Publication date
1982
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages201 pp (first edition paperback)
ISBN 0-671-42357-6 (first edition paperback)
OCLC 7975365
LC Class PZ7.D644 Ti 1982
Preceded by The Billion Dollar Ransom  
Followed by Trapped at Sea  

Tic-Tac-Terror is the 74th title of the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. Dixon. [1] It was published by Wanderer Books in 1982.

Plot

In this book the Frank and Joe Hardy are asked to investigate a mystery involving a world-famous spy from HAVOC, an international network of terrorists, who wants to defect to the U.S. Frank and Joe know the spy as "Igor”.

Also a million-dollar emerald from South America has vanished. Joe and Frank think “Igor” was involved. Their only clue is mysterious symbol in shape of tic-tac-toe. The game lead to a building that is run by the U.S. government. The building has a bomb and the Hardys are trapped in a deadly game of tic-tac-toe.

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