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3.7/5 Barnes & Noble Language English Publication date December 1, 1960 Originally published 1 December 1960 Publisher Grosset & Dunlap | 3.7/5 Goodreads Country United States Series The Hardy Boys Pages 192 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Preceded by The Mystery of the Chinese Junk Followed by The Clue of the Screeching Owl Genres Detective fiction, Mystery Similar Franklin W Dixon books, Frank and Joe Hardy: the Clues Brothers books, Mystery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mystery of the Desert Giant is Volume 40 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.
This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by James Buechler in 1961.
Plot summary
The Hardy Boys and Chet Morton search on the California desert for missing industrialist, Willard Grafton, and break up a gang of criminals intent on defrauding the US government.
Much of this book takes place in Blythe, California and it cites real, current locales, such as Hobson Way and the giant intaglios north of Blythe on U.S. Highway 95. [1] In the end, the boys discover that Grafton's fellow explorer had a part in the gang of criminal's racket. With this, Grafton is rescued, and the thugs who apparently were smuggling illegal checks across the country are caught.