FREE A FIGURE IN HIDING PDF Franklin W. Dixon | 180 pages | 14 Oct 2000 | Penguin Putnam Inc | 9780448089164 | English | New York, NY, United States a Figure in Hiding (hardy Boys Book 16) by Franklin W. Dixon for sale online | eBay Lawrence [1] resulting in two different stories with the same title. While leaving the baseball field the Hardy boys are approached by a blind peddler with a warning for their father Fenton Hardy. Then the A Figure in Hiding take their boat, the Sleuth out on Barmet Bay for a ride and to watch the testing of a new hydrofoil boat named the Sea Spook. While admiring the new boat they almost have a collision with it, allowing them a reason to board the boat where they find a glass eye, presumably belonging to Mr. Lambert who was test driving the boat when the near collision happened. When the boys try to track down Mr. Lambert he goes missing and Bill Braxton, the owner of the Sea Spook is attacked at his boathouse and the Spook is searched. Meanwhile, Fenton Hardy examines the warning from Henry Zatta, the blind peddler who is really only just blind in one eye but is pretending to be blind because he is undercoverand declares that it must be warning them to keep away from the Goggler Gang. They then realize that Mr. Lambert is actually a hoodlum named Spotty Lemuel. Their discussion is interrupted by an old man at the door named Zachary Mudge who is staying at Doc Grafton's Health Farm, a luxurious resort overlooking Barmet Bay. Mudge tells them A Figure in Hiding he would like to purchase the Sea Spook. The boys decide to go to pick up their girlfriends Callie and Iola from a movie A Figure in Hiding the Bijou but as they arrive they see a man wearing the disguise of the Goggler Gang running away with the cashbox. They catch the man but he escapes before the police arrive. Lunberry, the owner of a Jeweled Siva which was recently stolen, on behalf of their father who is going to A Figure in Hiding on the case. During the course of their travels they keep seeing suspicious vehicles, specifically brand new green Torpedo sedans. When they get to the health farm Chet tells them that he has learned that someone is going to kidnap them and leaves them in suspense until Callie and Iola arrive and Chet says that they are kidnapping them A Figure in Hiding go to a beach party. The boys try to get to the door of Mr. The butler finally comes outside and calls the dog and the Hardys get to talk to Malcolm Izmir who had been receiving threatening notes. Upon returning home they find their house has been burglarized and their fathers safe blown open and Aunt Gertude tied and gagged with a note that calls her a blabber mouth. Izmir had refused to press charges. The boys also learn A Figure in Hiding Mr. Mudge that the Izmir syndicate has gone broke. They also suspect that Doc. Fenton Hardy goes undercover at the resort while Chet and the Hardy boys investigate by sneaking on to the Health Farm. They all end up captured by Spotty Lemuel and Rip Sinder. They are rescued when Chet calls the police, who arrest the villains and several other crooks that were staying at the Health Farm. Then the boys go to the Bayport Hotel and meet up with their father, Fenton Hardy. They spy on a pair of men Rip Sinder and Spotty Lemuel in the A Figure in Hiding next door, part of a cruel gang called the "Eye Syndicate", run by a bogus doctor named Grafton performing fraudulent eye operations on unsuspecting victims. While Sinder and Lemuel are preparing letters to prospective victims, Sinder's daughter barges in and begs him to come home. Lemuel, trying to get her to leave, reveals to her that she was adopted, something that Sinder had kept secret from her. This works and Virginia runs away in a fit of despair and sorrow. Not long after that, the police mistakenly arrest their friend Chet for the robbery. It was really committed by Nick Cordoza, whom the boys found in his car unconscious. Chet runs away to Boston instead of A Figure in Hiding back home, following directions from a note supposedly from the Hardy boyss to go there and wait for them. Later, their father devises a plan to trap Grafton by telling one of his clients Henry A Figure in Hiding to pay with marked bills. Eventually, the A Figure in Hiding find Virginia at an auto garage, where they attempt to prevent her A Figure in Hiding escaping, only to be caught in an auto accident. Grafton and his mute A Figure in Hiding Zeb find them and attempt to bury them alive but the Hardy boys fight them off. The boys are able to make it out of Grafton's cellar and the police show up to arrest the criminals. When the case is solved, Virginia is reunited with her grandmother, one of the victims of Grafton's fraudulent medical operations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A Figure in Hiding Original edition. Archived from the original PDF on Retrieved The Hardy Boys. Stratemeyer Syndicate Franklin W. Dixon Edward Stratemeyer. Leslie McFarlane Andrew E. A Figure in Hiding on Target Evil, Inc. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Add links. Original edition. Detectivemystery. The Sinister Sign Post. The Secret Warning. A FIGURE IN HIDING | Hardy Boys Book Reviews Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Dixon. Paul Laune Illustrator. Leslie McFarlane Text. Its dustjacket art and frontispiece were illustrated by Paul Laune. In A Figure in HidingFrank and Joe help their father round up a dark and sinister man posing as an eye surgeon, who promises shady A Figure in Hiding to his unsuspecting victims. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. Published October 15th by Applewood Books first published More Details Original Title. The Hardy Boys Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers A Figure in Hiding about A Figure in Hidingplease sign up. See 1 question about A Figure in Hiding…. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured A Figure in Hiding Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. While still a fun adventure of intrigue and sleuthing where Frank and Joe team up A Figure in Hiding their father Fenton Hardy to capture a dangerous gang of thieves with the help of Chet as well as Tony and Biff plus guest appearances by the sweethearts Iola and Calliethis was not one of my son and I's favorite episodes. It did feature a hydrofoil boat probably a novelty at the time when it was written in the 50sbut it lacked any real danger to the Hardys and kind of borrowed the A Figure in Hiding of warnings via While still a fun adventure of intrigue and sleuthing where Frank and Joe team up with their father Fenton Hardy to capture a dangerous gang of thieves with the help of Chet as well as Tony and Biff plus guest A Figure in Hiding by the sweethearts Iola and Calliethis was not one of my son and I's favorite episodes. It did feature a hydrofoil boat probably a novelty at the time when it was written in the 50sbut it lacked any real danger to the Hardys and kind of borrowed the idea of warnings via mysterious symbols and superstition from the earlier adventure, The Mark on the Door. Hopefully, 17 will be more exciting! View 1 comment. In this installment, Frank and Joe Hardy receive a cryptic warning from an informant and are set on the trail of a mysterious medical facility. I had quite a few of them, but I only read a couple. It may have been because I was more A Figure in Hiding in fantastic fiction at the time, or maybe I was "sav In this installment, Frank and Joe Hardy receive a cryptic warning from an informant and are set on the trail of a mysterious medical facility. It may have been because I was more interested in fantastic fiction at the time, or maybe I was "saving" them even early bibliophiles have to make sure they will always have plenty of books to read. Or it might have been, as I've re-? The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books were an assembly-line creation, always the exact same length, which doesn't A Figure in Hiding much room for embellishment or you know, character development. It's all action, all the time and the characters, including A Figure in Hiding Hardys, might as well be just props to move the plot along. We know the brothers like baseball, and their friend Chet might have an eating disorder and they are kind of mean to A Figure in Hiding The book does have a quaint sort of charm, but was too bare-bones to be immersive in any way. The back cover recommends the series for ages but I'd move that bracket down a bit.