No Way Out

The Hardy Boys #187

by Franklin W. Dixon

A Haunted Maze Has Twice The Dead Ends.
Frank and Joe are thrilled to be taking part in the grand opening celebration of a new maze in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. By solving puzzles -- their specialty -- they could win a valuable prize! But once they arrive, the teens soon have a new puzzle to solve:
The owner and designer of the maze, Chezleigh Alan Horton, suddenly disappears.
As the boys make their way through a labyrinth of suspects, they face a new twist. Can Frank and Joe unravel a decade-old riddle to save the renowned mazemaster?

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Childrens, Detective, Adventure, Thriller, Classics

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Franklin 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.

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good for what it was.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad for what it was. I liked the setting on Cape Breton Island

[Ethan Hulbert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oof, this one was pretty badly written. I liked that the book was very "full" - a lot of stuff happened, seemed like there was enough for two mysteries, it was pretty fast paced. But it wasn't faced paced in a well-written way, instead things just kept happening that were bizarre and unconnected. Not really much of a mystery, the ghost thing was totally random, everything in this book was just pulled out of thin air and nothing had much of an effect on the plot.

[Haroon Shareef · Rating 2 out of 5]

blah blah blah

[Aayush Kumar]

Boring story

I would not have rated 1 star also but for my school project book review ,I was forced to read this.Never read this book.........

[Dhwani · Rating 3 out of 5]

An average read

[Sally Flint · Rating 3 out of 5]

The History of the Hardy Boys books is as interesting as the stories themselves. First created in 1927 since then various ghost writers have taken on the adventures of the two boys Joe and Frank and developed and changed them to keep up with the times. This edition was published in 2004 and is relatively up with the times technology wise, but even this had a first edition as far back as 1993. Legal wrangling and contract quarrels have made for an extremely interesting series and would be a wonderful topic for an MA dissertation. Back to the story, the two boys are staying with friends to share the opening of a new maze belonging to a family friend, however things are not well, fires take place, antiques go missing and even members of the family, about whom there is more than meets the eye, go missing. The plots are fine, lots of twists and adventure, but I felt the characters seemed clinical, though the writer (whover it actually is) writing under Franklin, W, Dixon, did clearly show the bond between the boys. There are a lot of books in this series and it would be a great one for upper Primary/lower Secondary students to get their teeth into.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

In "No Way Out" (Hardy Boys Mystery #187), Frank and Joe have been invited to stay with their friends Ray and Kay on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Ray and Kay's father, Alan, is a wealthy designer of mazes. Alan is opening a new maze with several days of medieval-style festivities and competitions, like jousting. The fun changes to mystery when Alan disappears. Frank and Joe do solve the case but Joe gets wounded and Frank is in for a fall. Pretty good story.

[Youssif The father of Maha · Rating 5 out of 5]

A easy book to read which is a fun and mysterious book to read.This book talks about how Frank and Joe hardy are going to there friends house(which are rich),and they find some mysterious stuff that seems to be taunting the house and the hardy boys friends.

[Dannuel Delizo · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you choose the wrong path prepare to pay a steep price! COOL BOOBY TRAP.

[Mohib · Rating 3 out of 5]

GOOD book

[Kumar Jagannath · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yeah the book is good...!! Bit of cryptography ...!!! not a bad adventure...!!!

[Ramuk Htannagaj · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Good boy to read...!!

[Luke Ewell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it.