2021-10-01 The Hardy Boys Hardy Boys 49: The Bombay Boomerang Franklin W. Dixon Product Details Format: Hardback ISBN: 9780448089492 Published: 1st Jan 1970 Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Dimensions: 192 pages - 192 x 127 x 18mm Series: The Hardy Boys Children's, Teenage & Educational / Children's Teenage Fiction & True Stories / Adventure Stories / Crime & Mystery Fiction Description Frank and Joe Hardy become involved in a case affecting national security when Joe dials a wrong telephone number and gets the Pentagon. Two words- "Bombay Boomerang"- that the boys hear before the line goes dead plunge them into a whirlpool of danger and intrigue. At the same time, Frank and Joe must save their father from a murderous gang stealing mercury shipments in the Baltimore harbor. With clues linking the mercury thefts to the top secret Super S missile mysteriously stolen from a government arsenal. In a race against time, the three Hardys foil a diabolical scheme to create widespread havoc in the United States. Author Franklin W. Dixon is a pen name used by a variety of authors writing for the classic series, The Hardy Boys. The first and most well-known "Franklin W. Dixon" was Leslie McFarlane, a Canadian author who contributed 19 of the first 25 books in the series. Other writers who have adopted the pseudonym include Christopher Lampton, John Button, Amy McFarlane, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Hardy Boys 49: The Bombay Scotia Books Ltd, 17 Register Road, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, Page 1 of 1 Boomerang G65 0DS, Scotland, Tel 01236 826041.