Another amazing mystery that proves with a little hard work and a bit of skill and luck anything can be accomplish.

This book is a dual mystery the ability to find a missing boy and the mystery of the stolen medals. When the Hardy's are the case we know there is nothing worry about.
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Another adventure by the Hardy Boys and their pals....this one on an island....in winter....with iceboats.....and, of course, a bad guy.......still enjoy these, in spite of their wholesome sappiness......just great easy fun.......feeling content! ( )

Mr. John Jefferson lost his son Johnny. The Hardy boys are on the case! First they go to Cabin Island where things get more and more complicated. They find out that there is a person called Mr. Hanleigh is on Cabin Island without permission. The Hardy boys find out that Mr. Jefferson lost antiques are missing! But, soon they also find out that things get complicated when they see a ghost... ( )

The adventure begins with Elroy Jefferson offering Frank and Joe the use of his remote cabin over the Christmas holidays and asking them to solve two mysteries. The first is the disappearance of a collection of valuable medals some years previously and the second, the rather more recent disappearance of his grandson who has gone missing from boarding school. Along with Chet and Biff, the Hardys are soon up to their necks in trouble and snow on the eponymous island.
Unlike the preceding few volumes in the series, the boys aren't up against great gangs of organised criminals but a single, determined thief and his two scheming henchmen. This, combined with the winter setting give the book a differerent feel to the earlier books. The action is just as fast paced however, the only difference being a more snowy aspect. Instead of speedboat chases, it's iceboat crashes, and a snowstorm so powerful it threatens to bury them in their cabin. A great example of the early series, this is again just different enough to stop the whole series from feeling overtly formulaic. ( )

Highly recommend this book. If you have to read one Hardy Boys book (after the first one) read this one. It is reallllly good. ( )