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The Hardy Boys #150
The Crisscross Crime
Bank alarms are going off all over Bayport, but the robberies are actually happening at banks on the other side of town. The Hardys realize that the crooks are using a crisscross plan as a diversion, but what they don’t realize is that the heist is much bigger than they had imagined.
160 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 1998
About the author
Franklin W. Dixon
951 books1,017 followersFranklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon & Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the Ted Scott Flying Stories series, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Canadian author Leslie McFarlane is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with Edward Stratemeyer, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Edward and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, Andrew E. Svenson, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s.
The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.
Canadian author Leslie McFarlane is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with Edward Stratemeyer, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Edward and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, Andrew E. Svenson, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s.
The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.
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April 3, 2018
This one had some redeeming factors, I liked Biff's part, I thought that Phil having video enhancement software better than the police could apparently get was silly enough to be ok. The mystery was INCREDIBLY obvious though. Like, it's so obvious it's storm drains. "Wow, the thief disappeared! Down a dead end alley! He was holding a crowbar and there's a partially open manhole cover, just like we've seen the last three times a thief has gotten away. We also know that the thieves have a map of the city drainage system. Where could they keep going???"
Also the ending was weird, it hit the climax pretty good and then it was like someone told the writer "ok, you get four sentences to wrap up the whole rest of the story." Like, I don't need a long denouement or anything, but it was like, "Bang! And Joe caught the thief. Then they waited forthecoastguardthenafewdayslaterthey'reallgoodstorydone." It was very strange.
Also the ending was weird, it hit the climax pretty good and then it was like someone told the writer "ok, you get four sentences to wrap up the whole rest of the story." Like, I don't need a long denouement or anything, but it was like, "Bang! And Joe caught the thief. Then they waited forthecoastguardthenafewdayslaterthey'reallgoodstorydone." It was very strange.
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