A Figure in Hiding

A Figure in Hiding

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name = A Figure in Hiding
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image_caption =
author = Franklin W. Dixon
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country = United States
language = English
series = The Hardy Boys
genre = Children's, Young adult novel
publisher = Grosset & Dunlap
release_date = May 1, 1937
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 192 pp
isbn = NA & reissue ISBN 0-448-08916-5
preceded_by = The Sinister Sign Post
followed_by = The Secret Warning
illustrator:Paul Laune

A Figure In Hiding is Volume 16 in the original The Hardy Boys book series published by Grosset & Dunlap.

Plot introduction

While investigating the theft of a valuable idol, Frank and Joe encounter a terrified business man, a walking mummy, a friend in distress, and a weird glass eye.

Plot (ORIGINAL 1937)

The boys go see a movie called "A Figure in Hiding."After that, the theater, the Rialto, is robbed. The thief gets away with $900.Then the boys go to the Bayport Hotel and meet up with their dad. They spy on a pair (Rip Sinder and Spotty Lemuel), who are part of a cruel gang called the "Eye Syndicate" ran by a bogus doctor named Doc Grafton. Not long after that, the police mistakenly arrest their friend Chet for the robbery. Really, it was Nick Cordoza, of whom the boys found in his car unconscious.

After the case is solved, Doctor Grafton's name was revealed to be Paul Zane.


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