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In this thrilling Hardy Boys adventure, brothers Frank and Joe are led on a chase into a sprawling junkyard when they intercept a gang of robbers. Unbeknownst to them, their pursuit had been a clever ruse designed to distract from a larger bank heist underway across town. As the boys dig deeper, they uncover a meticulous blueprint for a sprawling criminal underground operation, turning the case into a race against time to thwart the mastermind before more innocent lives are lost.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Franklin W. Dixon
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