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5/5 Barnes & Noble Language English Publication date January 1, 1951 Originally published 1 January 1951 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 Secret of the Lost Tunnel Followed by The Secret of Wildcat Swamp Genres Detective fiction, Mystery Similar Franklin W Dixon books, Frank and Joe Hardy: the Clues Brothers books, Mystery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Wailing Siren Mystery is Volume 30 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.
This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Andrew E. Svenson in 1951. Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter. The original version of this book was shortened in 1968 by Priscilla Baker-Carr resulting in two similar stories sharing the same title.
Plot summary
Their SOS ignored by a strange yacht in a storm, the Hardy Boys find a wallet, apparently picked up by a helicopter, containing two thousand dollars alongside their speedboat and are launched into a mystery involving diverse clues. This includes finding out who kidnapped Jack Wayne and took his plane, and where the wailing siren is coming from.