Hardy Boys 25: The Secret Panel
- Publisher : Penguin Random House
- Publishing year : January 1946
- Binding : Hardback
- ISBN : 9780448089256
- Imprint : Grosset & Dunlap
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
Another exciting mystery begins for Frank and Joe when they help a stranger who has had an accident with his car. The ma ...
Another exciting mystery begins for Frank and Joe when they help a stranger who has had an accident with his car. The man introduces himself as John Mead, owner of a nearby estate. But when the Hardy boys find an odd-looking house key and try to return it, they realize that John Mead died five years ago! They are even more amazed when they find that the intricately carved doors in the deserted mansion have no visible knobs or keylocks. What happens when Frank and Joe discover that there is a link between their father’s case of thieves and the mysterious Mead mansion will keep the reader on edge with thrills and suspense.
Franklin W. Dixon was the pseudonym devised by Edward Stratemeyer for the author of a series of mystery books he was developing which became the Hardy Boys series. The first book, The Tower Treasure, originally published in 1927, was written by Leslie MacFarlane who went on to write 19 more, including #2 through #16. In all, there are 58 titles in the original Hardy Boys Mysteries series published between 1927 and 1979 written by 17 different men and women. Many of the books were later revised, adding another four "Franklin W. Dixons" to the total.