Hardy Boys Digests

Lighthearted synopses and analysis of the later paperbacks in the Hardy Boys series.

Friday, August 30, 2019

The Mystery of the Silver Star (#86)

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So this is how the Simon & Schuster digests begin: with the theft of a bicycle. After reading the final book, The Mystery of the Silver ...
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Friday, August 23, 2019

Alternate Visions of the End

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So Motocross Madness is an unsatisfying ending to the Hardy Boys digests. That gives me the opportunity to ask myself: How would I have end...
Friday, August 16, 2019

Motocross Madness (#190)

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So Motocross Madness is how the digests end: with Frank and Joe competing in a motocross competition while trying to find out who’s sabotag...
Friday, August 9, 2019

George Edward Stanley

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One Final Step is George Edward Stanley’s last published book set in anything resembling the original Hardy Boys continuity. He published a...
Friday, August 2, 2019

One False Step (#189)

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I approached the penultimate Hardy Boys digest, One False Step , with some trepidation. George Edward Stanley, who wrote One False Step , ha...
Friday, July 19, 2019

Farming Fear (#188)

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Farming Fear is one of the few digests with a reasonable setup that is able to deliver on that setup. In Farming Fear , written by Stephen...
Friday, July 5, 2019

No Way Out (#187)

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By the time you get to pg. 3 of No Way Out , you’ve got a decision to make: Do you reject the reality of a story set on Cape Breton Island a...
Friday, June 21, 2019

Hidden Mountain (#186)

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I’ve breezed my way through these digests, and by and large, they’ve blurred as I passed them by. Some of them I have a hazy-but-fond memory...
Friday, June 7, 2019

Wreck and Roll (#185)

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Wreck and Roll (#185) is a standard Hardy Boys book. The plot involves Phil Cohen dating a singer in a rock-and-roll band , and — of course...
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Friday, May 24, 2019

The Dangerous Transmission (#184)

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The Dangerous Transmission has precisely two things going for it: 1) a surprisingly metal cover illustration, with a raven, the scavenger o...
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