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Summary: Still Good After All These Years!
Review: I used to read these books when I was a child. I picked up this book when I happened upon it in a bookstore.The Hardy Boys are still exciting after all of these years.The father of the Hardy Boys Fenton Hardy dissapears. The two Hardy sons suspect an old house on the cliff is connected with their father's dissapearance.They suspect that the house is haunted or a criminal den.It turns out to be a hideout for drug smugglers.
This book has action and is very exciting.You will enjoy reading the adventures of the Hardy Boys. I am glad I rediscovered my
childhood heroes.
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Summary: If you like adrenalin you must read this book!
Review: If you like mysteries, do I have the perfect book for you. "The House on the Cliff" is an outstanding mystery. I felt like I was in the story and making the decisions along with the characters. There are so many twists and turns in the story. "The House on the Cliff" is number 2 in the Hardy Boys series. A few of the main characters are Joe Hardy, Frank Hardy, and Fenton Hardy. Fenton Hardy is the main detective in his town. Joe and Frank are his kids who help him with most of hit cases. There are also a lot of friends who join in on the cases. The book talks about a smuggling case. The book got me so involved I couldn't put it down. The text in the book seemed very easy to read. I liked this book so much I might read another one from the series. So if you like mysteries the Hardy Boys is a must read. I really recommend this book.
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Summary: A great mystery book
Review: Mr.Hardy is on a vacation and tells the boys,"So you boys want to help m e on anouther case?" The two Hardy boys answer by telling him," You mean it dad?". Later on, they also get their friends to join in the spying game.The boys are out motorcycling along the mountain road and decide to investigate an abandonded house high up on the cliffs. Once inside, they hear a shriek which scares all but Frank and Joe out. The Boys investigate but find nothing. They leave but a storm forces them all back to the house. They hear more shrieks, get locked in and part of the house starts to collapse! They finally get out but have problems with their motorcycles and find their tool kits stolen. They are distracted by a boat chase out on Barmet Bay. With the starting of a normal day, it turns out to enravell a chilling mystery.
I liked the book because it actually made me read it until the end. Other books do not have as much desrciption as this one had. This book was so mysterious that I had been confused whom the kidnapers were and why they had chosen to capture hostages. Plus this book had great action scene and I felt i was one of the charaters in the book.
I disliked the book because it had confusing parts to it, also the parts of the book really didnt sum up and make much sence.
My favorite scene in the book was when Mr. Hardy and both the Hardy boys had been kept hostages after being captured. Mr. Snattman put threaten them by saying," If i get turned in, your all dead." The story gets really interesting and the ending is a surprise!
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Summary: The best one written!
Review: The Plot: One day shortly before summer vacation, the Boys, along with Chet, Biff and Jerry, are out motorcycling along the Shore Road and decide to investigate the spooky old abandoned Polucca house, high on the cliffs overlooking Barmet Bay. Once inside, they hear a shriek which scares all but Frank and Joe out. The Boys investigate but find nothing. They leave but a storm forces them all back to the house. They hear more shrieks, get locked in and part of the house starts to collapse! They finally get out but have problems with their motorcycles and find their tool kits stolen. They are distracted by a boat chase out on the bay. There are shots from one boat and the other boat explodes!.... Comments: The best story in the canon! A dark, violent tale of smuggling, drugs, kidnapping and murder! None of the other stories can match this one for sheer exciting adventure! I've always thought this tale would make a great Hardy Boys movie. The Boys show plenty of guts and good detective ability in this one. Fenton plays a major role here and he works well with his sons. The gun battle and fight at the climax is the most thrill-packed prose in any Hardy story. If you read only one Hardy Boys book, it should be this one. Rating: Original: A+
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Summary: The Amateurs Help the Professional
Review: The Series: In 1927, Franklin W. Dixon launched the "Hardy Boys" books, a series of books telling of the exploits of Frank and Joe Hardy, the sons of a big-city detective. The Hardy boys lived out in the country and, with their friends, loved following in their father's sleuthing footsteps. The result was a set of wonderful amateur detective stories that I read as fast I could find when I was a kid. The Hardy Boys helped launch me on my lifelong reading binge. This book: When the detective father of Frank and Joe Hardy disappears, the boys step up to the plate and begin a thrilling adventure, with their father's life likely at stake. Is the house haunted, or a criminal hideaway, or both? Did Dad get kidnapped or go under cover? This is pure adventure and sleuthing at its best. Enjoy the ride!
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Summary: This is an ok book
Review: The worst Hardy Boys book ever.Unlike The Tower Treasure The House On The Cliff is horrible.I love Hardy Boys books a lot but this is one of the worst books I've ever read.I don't know what Franklin W. Dixon was thinking when he made this piece of junk.It was definetly the worst Hardy Boys book ever.
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Summary: the book that made me a reader
Review: This book was the book that turned me into the obsessed reader I am today . I read several books a week. I got this book christmas 1992 and I remember the moment I finished it I couldn't wait to read another book in the series. 12 years later i'm still pretty much the same only now I also read other series' like Harry Potter
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Summary: The book that turned me on to reading
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever come accross. It turned me on to reading. I ended up reading all 58 originals because I loved it so much and now I have gotten my cousin into them. Definitely almost better than the Harry Potter books.! 5 stars!
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Summary: Can the Hardy Boys stop the smugglers?
Review: This review is of the 1959 revision to "The House on the Cliff". Over the course of 15 years, the first 38 Hardy Boys stories were revised to a slightly shorter format with some changes to the original stories. "The House on the Cliff" is the second Hardy Boys mystery story. The internationally renowned detective Fenton Hardy has asked his two sons, Frank and Joe, to help him on a case involving the smuggling of rare medical drugs. The Hardys enlist their friends and spend some time with their telescope looking out over the bay for suspicious activity. They hear a strange noise coming from the abandoned house, but when they came out they found that the lenses had been stolen from the telescope and the tools taken from their motorcycles. Something is going on, but does it relate to the smuggling case they are working on? "The House on the Cliff" is another fast paced Hardy Boys mystery. It is more of a straightforward story (with twists, of course) than "The Tower Treasure". We are introduced to the main mystery right from the start: there are smugglers and the ringleader might be a man named Snattman. Everything that happens in the book drives towards solving that case. This was an excellent Hardy Boys mystery. -Joe Sherry
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Summary: Can the Hardy Boys stop the smugglers?
Review: This review is of the 1959 revision to "The House on the Cliff". Over the course of 15 years, the first 38 Hardy Boys stories were revised to a slightly shorter format with some changes to the original stories. "The House on the Cliff" is the second Hardy Boys mystery story. The internationally renowned detective Fenton Hardy has asked his two sons, Frank and Joe, to help him on a case involving the smuggling of rare medical drugs. The Hardys enlist their friends and spend some time with their telescope looking out over the bay for suspicious activity. They hear a strange noise coming from the abandoned house, but when they came out they found that the lenses had been stolen from the telescope and the tools taken from their motorcycles. Something is going on, but does it relate to the smuggling case they are working on? "The House on the Cliff" is another fast paced Hardy Boys mystery. It is more of a straightforward story (with twists, of course) than "The Tower Treasure". We are introduced to the main mystery right from the start: there are smugglers and the ringleader might be a man named Snattman. Everything that happens in the book drives towards solving that case. This was an excellent Hardy Boys mystery. -Joe Sherry
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