The Ghost at Skeleton Rock

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The Ghost at Skeleton Rock
Original edition
AuthorFranklin W. Dixon
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Hardy Boys
GenreDetective, mystery
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
Publication date
January 1, 1958
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages192 pp
Preceded byThe Secret of Pirates' Hill 
Followed byThe Mystery at Devil's Paw 

The Ghost at Skeleton Rock is Volume 37 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.

This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by James Duncan Lawrence (who also wrote the majority of the Tom Swift Jr. series) in 1957.[1] 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.[2] The original version of this book was shortened in 1966 by Priscilla Baker-Carr[1] resulting in two slightly different stories sharing the same title.

Plot summary[edit]

Frank, Joe, Chet and Tony travel to Puerto Rico to investigate the mystery behind a coded letter they received from the Hardy father. They later go in a race against time to stop a criminal mastermind from using an atomic bomb to take over the government of the fictional country of Tropicale.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Keeline, James D. "Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Hardy Boys Online".