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Clue of the Screeching Owl: #41 (Hardy Boys) by Franklin Dixon
Reader Reviews Fantastic Setting!, January 17, 2003 Reviewer: Scott Thiel from Ontario, Canada Camped in a cabin beside Black Hollow the brothers become involved in a mystery surrounding the strange happenings within the hollow. I give the setting for this book an A+. Imagine - inside your four walls - knowing that danger lurks outside. The setting is brilliant and the knowledge that "something evil is lurking" makes for a suspenseful read. Reminds me of a setting for a horror film. I would have named this "The Witch of Black Hollow" or "The Secret of Black Hollow". Either would be better than the Screeching Owl title, but in any event this seems to be a favorite on most people's lists and I am no different. The Hardy's travel about the local town located in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania and occasionaly dare to venture down in the spooky hollow. This was the best volume in the series among the higher volumes in my opinion. Great interior artwork (The early 1960's interior artwork reached it's zenith) and a well written suspenseful action packed mystery rank this volume among the series elite. RATED A-
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