The Disappearing Floor
Author | Franklin W. Dixon |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | The Hardy Boys |
Genre | Detective, mystery |
Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date | May 1, 1940 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 192 pp |
Preceded by | The Twisted Claw |
Followed by | The Mystery of the Flying Express |
The Disappearing Floor is Volume 19 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.
This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by John Button in 1940.[1] Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter.[2] The original version of this book was rewritten in 1964 by James D. Lawrence[1] resulting in two different stories with the same title.
UK version published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. as The Mystery of the Disappearing Floor, Volume 5, in 1971.[citation needed]
Because of Dr. John Button's death in 1967, The Disappearing Floor entered the Canadian Public Domain on January 1, 2017.
Plot
Revised edition
The Hardy boys are asked by their father,
When
The Hardy boys identify a pilot who may be helping the thieves, so they walk into his hangar to examine his plane. Armed with a miniature camera, Joe snaps a picture of a map found in the plane. This leads them to a cabin hidden in the woods in a small bight named Tigers Bight. The boys don’t have a chance to investigate the cabin as their family friend Jack Wayne crashes his plane Skyhappy Sal nearby and is injured. After rescuing Jack, the boys return to the Perth mansion where they find the jewel thieves hiding out and tricking a professor, Aden Darrow, into making a ‘freeze ray gun’ for them.
After more investigation, the Hardy boys manage to figure out that Clarence died by accident due to the 'disappearing floor' in his bedroom. The boys are captured before they can tell anyone, but luckily due to Strang's bragging, they are informed about how the gang has been using the freeze ray guns to stun security guards and steal the jewels. Strang explains how they rigged an elevator to go to the wrong floor where they had set up a fake office in order to receive a special shipment of diamonds without arousing any suspicion until they were safely away in the Haley Heist. Eventually Fenton Hardy reaches the Perth Mansion with the police and rescues his sons, arresting the thieves.
Original edition
The boys help bring a gang of bank robbers to justice.
Adaptations
In the
References
- ^ a b Keeline, James D. "Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed" (PDF).
- ^ "Hardy Boys Online".