Books like Shock Jock by Franklin W. Dixon
During a holiday shopping trip, brothers Frank and Joe Hardy—and their friends Chet and Callie—catch a live broadcast by infamous shock jock Ron Minkus in a mall. Shortly after, Minkus receives a fatal jolt to his microphone, killing him on air. Now the Hardy Boys are enlisted to find the murderer. Their task: to sift through Minkus’s numerous enemies and determine which one spent the most time hating him. Working through clues and suspects, they navigate the mall’s bustling atmosphere to uncover the killer before more danger looms.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Franklin W. Dixon
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