The Shore Road Mystery (Hardy Boys #6)

A string of car robberies have piqued the Hardy Boy's interest. It appears as though the car thieves regularly elude the police even when the police are hot on their trail. When the Hardy Boys put their minds to the mystery what they discover is that the car crooks are even cleverer than they could ever have suspected.

We follow the Hardy Boys as they try to prove that the Dodds, who car thieves framed and then disappeared, had nothing to do with the thefts. Eventually the Hardy Boys discover that the car thieves have plans far more nefarious than simply stealing cars.

While searching for the car thieves the boys also learn that there is a Dodd family mystery involving missing treasure. The boys also wonder what the mysterious spider-man has to do with the mystery. And why does a certain farmer always seem to be plowing his fields without lights in the middle of the night? As the story nears its conclusion the boys will use a car as a Trojan horse to attempt to trap the thieves. What will happen when the thieves discover the boys? There are many mysteries for the boys to solve. The boys learn that their father has an important mystery of his own, but in the end it turns out that their father's mystery and theirs may be related.

This mystery is one of the most intriguing Hardy Boys mysteries. The author managed to change a simple car theft story into a puzzle for the Hardy Boys. The author also mixed in additional story elements to be sure that it would be relatively difficult for the Hardy Boys to solve the mystery.

As a side note, this mystery has a cave as a key element. It appears that the author was in a cave mood, because caves appeared in each of the previous four stories, and continue to appear in the next stories. Just goes to show how versatile caves can be.

Though the Hardy Boys series is written in a relatively archaic fashion, as reading material for an increasingly younger audience they are excellent. The stories were once recommended for children ages 10 to 14. As children are exposed to more violence and seem to require greater levels of stimulation, the recommended age range has move to 9 to 12. I think any child capable of reading some of the challenging words in these books will enjoy them, regardless of how tame most of the action may be. Once a child has reached age 12 or so the stories may be of less interest, but given the combination of mystery and action, these books remain good safe choices for parents who want to know what their children are reading.

My 10yr old daughter loves the Hardy boys and I did too when I was young. These are new hardback books that she gets lost in. The only issue I have is that she reads them too fast. I'm going to go broke buying her the whole set

This typical style of writing of the Hardy Boys Adventures did not let my son done. He was "carried away" with the suspense in this book and I had to make him put the book away and go to sleep. These books should be encouraged more in school as the old books are still good ones.

An old classic for my 7 year old grandson. He loves them. Just bought him the second set 6-10 (I think). He raced thru the earlier set that ended with #5. I bought *6 separately because I didn’t think he could wait for the full set to arrive. He’s a great reader and this collection has him hooked. At first I thought these would be old and dated. But the publishers update the volumes to be more compatible for children today. Nothing pleases me more than seeing a child captivated by books! Hardy Boys is certainly doing that! Buy one volume and see what you think. I bet you’ll be pleased!

Son loves the hardy boys books. Better than having video games or sitting in front of a tv all day.

Great addition to the collection!

Bought for Grandson, he enjoys them, I did at his age also.

My boys, ages 6 to 13, love these books. They also like Encyclopedia Brown and Concord Cunningham Scripture Sleuth.

First, my standard HB preamble:

There are two major mistakes that readers of the Hardy Boys series routinely make: 1) Not reading (& many times not even knowing about) the ORIGINAL, unrevised versions of the text. In almost every case, the original editions were much superior, and 2) Not researching the books, and assuming that all the HB volumes are basically of equal quality. This is very untrue, and the thing to do is to be selective. These two pitfalls must be avoided if one really wants to enjoy the classic Hardy Boys at their best.

I have researched and then read several installments in the venerable series which enjoy the highest reputations among true and informed HB aficionados. Next I applied my own personal evaluation to each book.

O.K. then, and what of this installment -- The Shore Road Mystery? Suffice it to say that if one had a skinny bookcase, w/shelves only wide enough to fit several volumes across, and if one wanted to reserve the top shelf in that case for only the best of Hardy Boys adventures -- The Shore Road Mystery belongs there.

I finished this book in 5 hours and I usually take two days. It was amazing how they were always on the go and that you have to go along with them for the ride. It starts out that there have been car thefts on Shore Road and the Hardy Boys decide to solve the case. Then their friend Jack Dodd has a Pilgrim Mystery for them to solve. Then the Dodds are accused of stealing the cars. They get out from bail. Then they disappear. The Hardy Boys suspect they've been kidnapped. Then with the help of their friend Chet they set out to solve the Mystery! Very Good suspeneseful book that has you screaming for more!