The Mummy Case (Hardy Boys)

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The Mummy case
Author Franklin W. Dixon
Country United States
Language English
Series Hardy Boys
Genre(s) Detective, Mystery novel
Publisher Wanderer Books
Publication date 1980
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 180 pp (first edition paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-671-41111-X (first edition paperback)
Preceded by The Apeman's Secret
Followed by Mystery of Smugglers Cove

The Mummy Case is the title of a Hardy Boys Digest novel, written by Franklin W. Dixon. It is sometimes numbered 63 within the series, as a continuation of the numbering from the original novels, and sometimes as the 5th, as it is the 5th published by Simon & Schuster after Grosset & Dunlap lost rights to publish new Hardy Boys books in 1979.

[edit] Plot summary

When five Egyptian statuettes are stolen from a museum, the Hardy Boys travel to exotic Egypt. En route, the boys are asked to safeguard a mysterious mummy and find themselves tangled in a web of international intrigue. On the Nile, the young detectives uncover a secret hiding place with countless stolen treasures and realize they must get to the police fast!