Hardy Boys 01: the Tower Treasure  (English, Hardcover, Dixon Franklin W.)

When macabre mysteries are confounding the police, it’s up to the Hardy Boys to provide a solution, whether the police want them to or not. The Tower Treasure is the first novel in the timeless series of books for children by Franklin W. Dixon

Summary of the Book

When a dying criminal reveals that his loot is hidden in “the tower”, an investigation ensues, searching both towers of the looted mansion. However, there is no treasure to be found. Everyone gives up on the treasure. Except two young boys who are remembered throughout history for their insatiable curiosity and keen intellect when it comes to investigations: the Hardy Boys! Can Frank and Joe Hardy discover the location of the treasure?

About Franklin W. Dixon

Franklin W. Dixon is the pseudonym of several writers, all of them ghostwriting the Hardy Boys series of stories. The name was first used by a Canadian writer called Leslie McFarlane. The rights to the name and the books are owned by Simon & Schuster, a publishing house based in New York.

The Hardy Boys were created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging firm.