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4.4/5 Barnes & Noble Country United States Series Hardy Boys Media type Print (Paperback) Followed by The Pentagon Spy | 3.7/5 Goodreads 3.7/5 AbeBooks Language English Publication date 1979 Originally published 1979 Preceded by Night of the Werewolf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pages 179 pp (first edition paperback) Genres Mystery, Detective fiction Publishers Pocket Books, Grosset & Dunlap Similar Franklin W Dixon books, Frank and Joe Hardy: the Clues Brothers books, Mystery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mystery of the Samurai Sword is the 60th title of the Hardy Boys series, written by Franklin W. Dixon. Grosset & Dunalp printed the book in 2005.
Plot summary
Shortly after his arrival in United States, a Japanese business tycoon mysteriously disappears. Mr.Hardy, who had been entrusted with the man's security, is baffled and shocked. He feels even worse when the FBI takes him off the case.
However, his sons, Frank and Joe, are there to investigate. A valuable samurai sword, said to have belonged to the missing tycoon's family for generations, is stolen from an auction gallery in New York, and the boys suspect a connection. One clue leads to another, and danger confronts them constantly on their search for the solution to the puzzle.
Who are their enemies? Did the criminals kidnap the missing businessman, or did he hide of his own volition? What is the secret of the stolen samurai sword?