Mystery of Smugglers Cove

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Title The Mystery of Smugglers Cove
Author Franklin W. Dixon
Country United States
Language English
Series Hardy Boys
Genre(s) Detective, Mystery novel
Publisher Wanderer Books
Released 1980
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 181 pp (first edition paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-671-41112-8 (first edition paperback)
Preceded by The Mummy Case
Followed by The Stone Idol

The Mystery of Smugglers Cove is the title of a Hardy Boys Digest novel, written by Franklin W. Dixon. Sometimes it goes by the number of 64 in the series, a continuation of the original novels, and sometimes as the 6th, as it is the 6th published by Simon & Schuster after Grosset & Dunlap lost rights to publish new Hardy Boys books in 1979.

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A painting is stolen, and the Hardy Boys are suspects. Determined to find the artwork, the young detectives fly to Florida, where they disguise themselves and join a group of sinister smugglers. Though the painting fails to appear, an important clue sends the boys on a perilous trek through the Everglades. Threatened at every turn by greedy enemies, the Hardys fight a tricky and powerful battle to expose the truth.