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Frank and Joe Hardy, the Hardy Boys detectives, are hired by Gulf Grove Records to protect developer Donald Pierce from an arsonist intent on damaging his property. Disguised as firefighters, the brothers infiltrate the scene, interrogate three suspicious candidates, and ultimately bring the true arsonist to justice.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Franklin W. Dixon
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