This set includes the following books: The Secret of Wildcat Swamp, The Crisscross Shadow, The Yellow Feather Mystery, The Hooded Hawk Mystery, The Clue in the Embers, The Secret of Pirate’s Hill, The Ghost at Skeleton Rock, Mystery at Devil’s Paw, The Mystery of the Chinese Junk, and Mystery of the Desert Giant.

Franklin W. Dixon is a pen name used by a variety of authors writing for the classic series, The Hardy Boys. The first and most well-known “Franklin W. Dixon” was Leslie McFarlane, a Canadian author who contributed 19 of the first 25 books in the series. Other writers who have adopted the pseudonym include Christopher Lampton, John Button, Amy McFarlane, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

Follow along as the Hardy brothers Joe and Frank go on mysterious adventures and crack open clues! Perfect mysteries to read for children and teens!

Secret of Wildcat Swamp: An invitation from Cap Bailey, science teacher at Bayport High, to accompany him out West to Wildcat Swamp on an archaeological expedition triggers off a series of dangerous events for Frank and Joe Hardy. On their way West the boys and Cap have a near-fatal accident in a private plane which has been sabotaged. Though warned to leave the area, Frank, Joe, and Cap doggedly remain until they have caught the cunning ex-convicts they are up against in this swift-paced adventure.

The Crisscross Shadow: When a man selling leather goods door-to-door steals the key to their detective father’s file cabinet, Frank and Joe Hardy set out to track him down. An odd mark on a key case which the man sold to their mother leads the teenage sleuths to an Indian village, whose chiefs begs them to help him find valuable tribal possessions and the deed for his land.

The Yellow Feather Mystery: The famous young detectives Frank and Joe Hardy are caught up in a dangerous web of intrigue when they agree to help Greg Woodson search for his grandfather’s missing will.