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A Figure in Hiding

Book 16 of the Hardy Boys series

This is the 16th volume of Applewood Books reproductions of the Original Hardy Boys-Just as You Remember Them. Originally published in 1937, A Figure in Hiding was ghostwritten by Leslie McFarlane. Its dustjacket art and frontispiece were illustrated by Paul Laune.

In A Figure in Hiding, Frank and Joe help their father round up a dark and sinister man posing as an eye surgeon, who promises shady cures to his unsuspecting victims.

Genre
mysteryadventuredetective
Themes
childhood
Setting
1930s
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 228 pages

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