Books like Disaster for Hire by Franklin W. Dixon
Franklin W. Dixon’s Hardy Boys adventure begins when brothers Frank and Joe receive an urgent call from their father, Fenton Hardy, who has been accused of murder. Racing to Seattle, they arrive at his rented home only to encounter burglars intent on killing them. As the brothers investigate, they discover a sinister plot involving valuable timber being destroyed by a deadly virus. Their trail leads them to a town under quarantine to prevent a mysterious flu epidemic. Simultaneously, Fenton is held hostage by a malevolent scientist who possesses a lethal formula. If the brothers cannot rescue him in time, their father becomes the target of a doomsday experiment.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Franklin W. Dixon
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