The Disappearing Floor

Book Details

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Author(s):

Franklin W Dixon; James Lawrence

First Pub:

1964

Genre(s):

Detective Fiction; Juvenile Fiction; Middle-grade; Mystery

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

See 20

1 - Weird Screams

2 - Telephone Tip

3 - The Purple Stone

4 - The Jugsaw Face

5 - Spook Hound

6 - Symbol in Brass

7 - A Fast Fade-out

8 - Rock Hounds' Shadow

9 - Secret Cruiser

10 - The Ghostly Figure

11 - A Parcel of Gems

12 - The "Seacat" Clue

13 - Snoop Camera

14 - Tigers' Lair

15 - Puzzling Reports

16 - Riddle With Three Answers

17 - The Second Specter

18 - A Strange Machine

19 - Jewel Cache

20 - Trapped!

Internal ID:

3102

Series:

The Twisted Claw
Mystery of the Flying Express

Hardy Boys (Revised)*

#19 of 58

Hardy Boys (Revised)*

A series of middle grade novels written to appeal to young boys starring two brothers, the sons of a famous detective, solving their own mysteries. They were written by several people using the pen name Franklin W Dixon.

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1) The Tower Treasure
2) The House on the Cliff
3) The Secret of the Old Mill
4) The Missing Chums
5) Hunting for Hidden Gold
6) The Shore Road Mystery
7) The Secret of the Caves
8) The Mystery of Cabin Island
9) The Great Airport Mystery
10) What Happened at Midnight
11) While the Clock Ticked
12) Footprints Under the Window
13) The Mark on the Door
14) The Hidden Harbor Mystery
15) The Sinister Signpost
16) A Figure in Hiding
17) The Secret Warning
18) The Twisted Claw
19) The Disappearing Floor
20) Mystery of the Flying Express
21) The Clue of the Broken Blade
22) The Flickering Torch Mystery
23) The Melted Coins
24) The Short-Wave Mystery
25) The Secret Panel
26) The Phantom Freighter
27) The Secret of Skull Mountain
28) The Sign of the Crooked Arrow
29) The Secret of the Lost Tunnel
30) The Wailing Siren Mystery
31) The Secret of Wildcat Swamp
32) The Crisscross Shadow
33) The Yellow Feather Mystery
34) The Hooded Hawk Mystery
35) The Clue in the Embers
36) The Secret of Pirates' Hill
37) The Ghost at Skeleton Rock
38) The Mystery at Devil's Paw
39) The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
40) Mystery of the Desert Giant
41) The Clue of the Screeching Owl
42) The Viking Symbol Mystery
43) The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior
44) The Haunted Fort
45) The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge
46) The Secret Agent on Flight 101
47) Mystery of the Whale Tattoo
48) The Arctic Patrol Mystery
49) The Bombay Boomerang
50) Danger on Vampire Trail
51) The Masked Monkey
52) The Shattered Helmet
53) The Clue of the Hissing Serpent
54) The Mysterious Caravan
55) The Witchmaster's Key
56) The Jungle Pyramid
57) The Firebird Rocket
58) The Sting of the Scorpion

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

"Hey, Frank! Isn't that the black car Dad told us to watch for?" exclaimed Joe Hardy.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"Hop over to the Bayport Soda Shop with me, and I'll show you what I'm investing in - a year's supply of the biggest banana splits you ever saw!"

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

Revised in 1966 ( Hardy Boys Original Series) - Completely Different: No relationship to the original. Some character names may remain and story line may be reminiscent of the original.

Extract not on file

Added: 10-May-2022

Last Updated: 04-Oct-2024

01-Jan-1964

Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.

Hardback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1964

Format:

Hardback

Pages*:

176

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2582

Publisher:

Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.

ISBN:

0-448-08919-X

ISBN-13:

978-0-448-08919-5

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

John Leone - Cover Artist

HARDY BOYS
MYSTERY STORIES by F. W. Dixon

All boys from 10 to 14 who like lively adventure stories. packed with mystery and action, will want to read every one of the Hardy Boys stories listed here. Sons of a famous American detective, the Hardy boys help solve many thrilling cases after school hours and during vacations, as they follow up the clues they unearth in their quest to bring criminals to justice.

How Many of These Books Do You Own?

THE TOWER TREASURE
THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF
THE SECRET OF THE OLD MILL
THE MISSING CHUMS
HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD
THE SHORE ROAD MYSTERY
THE SECRET OF THE CAVES
THE MYSTERY OF CABIN ISLAND
THE GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY
WHAT HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT
WHILE THE CLOCK TICKED
FOOTPRINTS UNDER THE WINDOW
THE MARK ON THE DOOR
THE HIDDEN HARBOR MYSTERY
THE SINISTER SIGNPOST
A FIGURE IN HIDING
THE SECRET WARNING
THE TWISTED CLAW
THE DISAPPEARING FLOOR
MYSTERY OF THE FLYING EXPRESS
THE CLUE OF THE BROKEN BLADE
THE FLICKERING TORCH MYSTERY
THE MELTED COINS
THE SHORT-WAVE MYSTERY
THE SECRET PANEL
THE PHANTOM FREIGHTER

THE SECRET OF SKULL MOUNTAIN
THE SIGN OF THE CROOKED ARROW
THE SECRET OF THE LOST TUNNEL
THE WAILING SIREN MYSTERY
THE SECRET OF WILDCAT SWAMP
THE CRISSCROSS SHADOW
THE YELLOW FEATHER MYSTERY
THE HOODED HAWK MYSTERY
THE CLUE IN THE EMBERS
THE SECRET OF PIRATES' HILL
THE GHOST AT SKELETON ROCK
THE MYSTERY AT DEVIL'S PAW
THE MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK
MYSTERY OF THE DESERT GIANT
THE CLUE OF THE SCREECHING OWL
THE VIKING SYMBOL MYSTERY
THE MYSTERY OF THE AZTEC WARRIOR
THE HAUNTED FORT
THE MYSTERY OF THE SPIRAL BRIDGE
THE SECRET AGENT ON FLIGHT 101
MYSTERY OF THE WHALE TATTOO
THE ARCTIC PATROL MYSTERY
THE BOMBAY BOOMERANG
DANGER ON THE VAMPIRE TRAIL
THE MASKED MONKEY
THE SHATTERED HELMET
HARDY BOYS DETECTIVE HANDBOOK

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Spine number: 8919

01-Jan-1964
Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.
Hardback

Author(s)

Franklin W Dixon
Birth: 04 Oct 1862 Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Death: 10 May 1930 Newark, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Edward L Stratemeyer (1862-1930), owner of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, created Joe and Frank Hardy, as well as many other series characters in children's literature. He hired authors to write stories from his outlines and to agree never to reveal that they, and not the non-existant Mr Dixon, wrote the books.

James Lawrence

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