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Frank and Joe Hardy travel to Philadelphia with their father to assist the police commissioner in solving two challenging cases. When investigative reporter Fenton Hardy is abducted by a ruthless gangster, the brothers must outwit the criminal underworld and launch a daring rescue to bring their father home.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Franklin W. Dixon
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