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Ghost at Skeleton Rock (His Hardy Boys Mystery Stories) by Franklin Dixon
Reader Reviews 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Very Very Very Disapointing, January 18, 2003 Reviewer: Scott Thiel from Ontario, Canada Published in 1957 - I recall many years ago I was given my first Hardy Boys book. A revision of "The Melted Coins" written in 1970. I thought - boring title - boring book. I glanced at the back cover and after scouring the title wondered why I wasn't given The Ghost at Skeleton Rock. Surely that volume dealing with ghosts would be scary and a great read. When I finally read this volume I was greatly let down. Perhaps the best titled book in the canon - it does not live up to fascinating title. The brothers don't arrive at Skeleton Rock until the final two chapters basically and the ghost winds up being some air stuffed windbag. There was no suspense. The Hardys certainly weren't afraid. I yawned through the whole thing myself. This was the first volume cut from 200+ pages to roughly 180 pages. The cover art was definately not among Rudi Nappi's best. The brothers in this one seem more like FBI undercover agents than amateur teenage detectives. As I said - a very big disapointment. RATED C-
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