Mabel Maney

A Ghost In The Closet


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href="#litres_trial_promo">22 Foreign Foe?

       23 Chili con Carne and Baked Alaska

       24 A Chase

       25 A Lulu of a Revelation

       26 A Daring Leap

       27 The Science Lesson

       28 What Luck!

       29 A Dire Warning!

       30 A Lucky Break

       31 A Watery Grave?

       32 Mission Accomplished

       33 A Clever Ruse

       34 The Plot Thickens

       35 And Brains, Too!

       36 Nelly to the Rescue

       37 To the Tunnels!

       38 The Strange Case of Darcy New

       39 Second Thoughts?

       40 A Star Is Born!

       41 Frank’s Anguish

       42 I Before E Except After C

       43 A Sad Case

       44 Boy, Oh, Boy!”

       45 What Goes Up Must Come Down

       46 To the Moon!

       47 Frank Sees the Light

       48 Prisoners!

       49 It’s John Glenn!”

       50 To the Rescue!

       51 To Tell the Truth

       52 Hurry!

       53 Say Cheese!”

       54 What a Shock!

       55 Take Them Away!”

       56 A Tearful Reunion

       57 Shall We Dance?”

       58 And the Winner Is …”

       59 A Happy Ending

       Endpages

       Copyright

      Dedicated to the memory of Billy Tipton

      “He sang in a high voice.”

      and to Herbert S. Zim,

      whose delightful and informative books

      have provided many hours of pleasant reading

      As always

      for Miss Lily Bee

      and

      for Miss Coco,

      who will be sadly missed

      Special thanks to Leasa Burton

      for her keen editing skills

      and

      buckets of gratitude

      to my sweet boy chums

      for their generosity, grace and wit

      Tom Metz

      Donald Smith

      Chuck Stallard

       Prologue

      “I can hardly wait to get home and show Father all the exciting new French detective techniques we learned while on our vacation!” Joe Hardly said eagerly. The dark-haired, muscular lad, one half of the crime-fighting team known far and wide as the Hardly boys, leaned against the rail of the majestic Queen Mary and gazed at the wide expanse of blue water all around them. In two days, they would arrive in New York Harbor, catch a speedy train to their beloved hometown of Feyport, Illinois, and be reunited with their parents, world-famous detective Fennel P. Hardly and his wife, Mrs. Hardly. Although Joe had had a swell time on their six-week jaunt through Europe, the tousled-haired lad was eager to get back home and resume his exciting life as a famous boy detective.

      “Are you as anxious as I am to get back to work?” Joe asked his older brother Frank as he took a stick of cherry gum from the pocket of his baby blue cardigan-style overshirt in washable rayon and popped it in his mouth.

       “I’m fit and rested and ready to go,” Frank replied with a smile as he ran a hand through his thick, close-cropped blond hair, then slipped a cable-knit tennis sweater over his head. His cruise-wear outfit of white cotton sunburst-print clam-digger trousers and matching top was just the ticket for a sun-drenched day aboard ship, but now that the sun was setting, the boy detective was getting mighty chilled!

      “Oh, I do hope Father’s got a good mystery brewing for us. After all that sightseeing, I sure am anxious for some real action!” Frank said wistfully.

       “Father’s probably embroiled in a new case this very minute,” Joe cried. “Why, I bet as soon as we get home, we’ll be pulled into an exciting adventure!”

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