#THE TOWER TREASURE DRIVER#

The Hardy boys are the sons of the famous detective, Fenton Hardy, who agrees to look into the case. He's fired and later arrested, with devastating consequences for his family. the caretaker, who is the father of one of Frank and Joe's sons, is the prime suspect. But soon, another more serious crime is committed when the house of one of the town's wealthy families is robbed. The first mystery to be resolved in the book then, involves finding the stolen car.

(There are a lot of 'chums' and 'lads' in these books.)

#THE TOWER TREASURE DRIVER#

Later, the car is found wrecked and the driver has apparently stolen a yellow roadster belonging to one of the Hardy boys' chums. This first volume was written by a Canadian author, Leslie McFarlane.Īs the book opens, Frank and Joe, sixteen and fifteen respectively, are riding their motorcycles down a narrow road, when a speeding car nearly runs them off the road. Dixon,' the pen name used by a stable of writers who worked for the publisher that produced the books.

The series ran until 2005 and consists of one hundred and ninety volumes, although some purists insist that only the first fifty-eight novels constitute the real Hardy Boy Mysteries. Dixon,' the pen name used by a stable of writers who worked f Published in 1927, The Tower Treasure is the book that introduced the teenage heroes, Frank and Joe Hardy, and which also began the series that would introduce generations of young boys to the world of crime fiction. Published in 1927, The Tower Treasure is the book that introduced the teenage heroes, Frank and Joe Hardy, and which also began the series that would introduce generations of young boys to the world of crime fiction.

The tower treasure