Undercover Brothers

The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers
Extreme Danger Running on Fumes Boardwalk Bust Thrill Ride Rocky Road Burned Operation: Survival Top Ten Ways to Die Martial Law Blown Away Hurricane Joe Trouble in Paradise The Mummy's Curse Hazed Death And Diamonds Bayport Buccaneers Murder At The Mall Pushed Foul Play Feeding Frenzy Comic Con Artist Deprivation House House Arrest Murder House Double Trouble Double Down Double Deception Galaxy X X-Plosion The X Factor Killer Mission Private Killer Killer Connections Children of the Lost Lost Brother Forever Lost Movie Menace Movie Mission Movie Mayhem
Author	Franklin W. Dixon
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Detective, Mystery fiction
Publisher	Aladdin Paperbacks
Published	April 2005
Media type	Print (paperback)

The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers is a detective fiction series of books published by Aladdin Paperbacks (an imprint of Simon & Schuster), which replaced The Hardy Boys Digest paperbacks in early 2005. All the books in the series have been written under the pen name of Franklin W. Dixon.

Series background

The Undercover Brothers is about two teenage brother detectives, Frank and Joe Hardy, who are the sons of world-famous PI Fenton Hardy. Although there are many similarities in this series to previous Hardy Boys series, there are also many changes, for example::

The Hardy boys are undercover agents for American Teens Against Crime (ATAC), a top secret government organization, co-founded by their father, and are solving more realistic and violent crimes. Since it is a top-secret organization, Frank and Joe often need to make up excuses to convince their mother and aunt to let them go places.
The books in this series are written in first-person narrative style with Frank and Joe alternating chapters and often interrupting each other.
The Hardy boys' aunt's name is shortened from Gertrude to Trudy. It is revealed in Hurricane Joe why she shortened her name to Trudy. This version is much younger than the character in other Hardy Boys series.
The Hardy boys' long-time girlfriends, Callie Shaw and Iola Morton, appear in the books, but Frank and Joe are no longer dating them. Other friends from the original series are occasionally mentioned but never play important roles as they did in the past.
The Hardys have a pet parrot named Playback.

The Murder House Trilogy

The Murder House Trilogy is the first Hardy Boys mini-series since 1993 and only the third one ever. (The other two are the Operation Phoenix Trilogy and the Ring of Evil Trilogy.) All books following this arc are trilogies.

List of series titles

2005: 1. Extreme Danger; 2. Running On Fumes; 3. Boardwalk Bust; 4. Thrill Ride (book)|Thrill Ride; 5. Rocky Road (book)|Rocky Road; 6. Burned; 7. Operation: Survival; 8. Top Ten Ways To Die

Spy Set (Boxed set #1–4)

Undercover Brothers (Boxed set #1–8)

2006: 09. Martial Law; 10. Blown Away; 11. Hurricane Joe; 12. Trouble in Paradise; 13. The Mummy's Curse

2007: 14. Hazed; 15. Death And Diamonds; 16. Bayport Buccaneers; 17. Murder At The Mall; 18. Pushed; 19. Foul Play

2008: 20. Feeding Frenzy; 21. Comic Con Artist; 22. Deprivation House (Murder House Trilogy); 23. House Arrest; 24. Murder House; 25. Double Trouble (Double Danger Trilogy)

2009: 26. Double Down; 27. Double Deception; 28. Galaxy X (Galaxy X Trilogy); 29. X-Plosion; 30. The X-Factor; 31. Killer Mission (Killer Mystery Trilogy)

2010: 32. Private Killer; 33. Killer Connections; 34. Children of the Lost (Lost Mystery Trilogy); 35. Lost Brother

2011: 36. Forever Lost; 37. Movie Menace (Deathstalker Trilogy); 38. Movie Mission

2012: 39. Movie Mayhem

Super Mysteries

1. Wanted (2006)

Two boys were seen committing crimes all over Bayport, reportedly named Joe and Frank Hardy (obviously a pseudonym to escape the police).

2. Kidnapped at the Casino (2007)

A college reporter, Kathy Boutry who was on trail of several huge stories has disappeared, possibly kidnapped in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It seems like everyone in Atlantic City has something to hide.

3. Haunted (2008)

The brothers must solve a very creepy mystery about an abandoned asylum and find out who is haunting it.

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mysteries

The Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery series (which is a spin-off of the Undercover Brothers and Girl Detective series) was first published in June 2007 and is not to be confused with the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery series that was published between 1988 and 1998.

1. Terror on Tour (2007-06-05)

American Teens Against Crime (ATAC) thinking someone wants to disrupt the biggest rock concert of the year, Rockapazooma (all the proceeds of the show go to environmental groups), they send their two best undercover agents, Frank and Joe Hardy to the concert to be on the look out for anything suspicious. Meanwhile Nancy Drew and her friends came to Rockapazooma to enjoy the concert. Nancy and the Hardy boys meet and share a thrilling adventure together.

2. Danger Overseas (2008-05-06)

Frank and Joe are given a mission to find a girl, and Nancy Drew happens to run into that girl when she tries to steal Bess Marvin's purse. The girl, unfortunately, has amnesia.

3. Club Dread (2009)-05-05

Frank and Joe are sent to a tropical island resort to investigate a string of thefts and run into Nancy Drew, who is staying at the same hotel as a guest.

4. Gold Medal Murder (2010)-07-06

Frank and Joe are given a mission to protect Olympic swimmer Scott Trevor after he begins to receive anonymous threats. They once again run into Nancy Drew and team up to solve the mystery.

5. Bonfire Masquerade (2011-07-12)

Frank and Joe search for the vandals who burn down many buildings during a huge New Orleans celebration

6. Stage Fright (2012-07)

Frank and Joe go to Manhattan to investigate who is threatening the teenage stage actress Claire Cleveland on the premiere of the stage play Nancy Wake. Nancy Drew, who is also given the same mission by the police, meets the Hardys in the theater.

Graphic novels

In the spring of 2005, NBM launched its new imprint, Papercutz, with the publication of two three part comic book series; Nancy Drew The Demon of River Heights and The Hardy Boys The Ocean of Osyria. After the completion of both series, The Demon of River Heights series and The Ocean of Osyria series were both collected into 92 page graphic novels, becoming the first titles in the Nancy Drew Graphic Novel series and the Hardy Boys Graphic Novel series respectively.

All other titles in both series have been made in graphic novel format only and are published every three months.

List of graphic novels series titles

2005: 1. The Ocean of Osyria

When Chet Morton’s Internet account is hacked into and used to bid on a stolen artifact, the Ocean of Osyria, best friends Frank and Joe Hardy with girlfriends Callie Shaw and Iola Morton head to Osyria, the location of the auction, to clear Chet's name.

2. Identity Theft

The brothers investigate a very strange mystery about a popular, wealthy teenage girl's stolen identity.

3. Mad House

4. Malled

The brothers and a few foreign shoppers were locked up in Bayport's new shopping mall deliberately by a mysterious man who sabotaged the mall with lots of traps. The 'prisoners' must struggle to survive together, find a way to escape (fast!) and find and stop the man with a few ATAC gadgets the brothers have before it's too late.

2006: 4. Malled; 5. Sea You, Sea Me; 6. Hyde and Shriek; 7. The Opposite Numbers

2007: 8. Board to Death

The brothers must figure out who's trying to kill the competition at a skateboard tournament.

9. To Die or Not to Die

The boys head to a drama competition for high school students to snoop out a sabotager wanting to win... but is Frank falling in love with the representative for Bayport?

10. A Hardy Day's Night

The Hardy Boys have to rescue an agent's son or they'll be dead!

11. Abracadeath

2008: 12. Dude Ranch O' Death!; 13. The Deadliest Stunt

The brothers head to a stunt competition to work with Lindsay Rider... as backup!

14. Haley Danelle's Top Eight!

When Haley's internet friends start disappearing in real life, the boys decide to help out.

15. Live Free, Die Hardy!

2009: 16. Shhhhhh!; 17. Word Up!; 18. D.A.N.G.E.R. spells the hangman; 19. Chaos at 50,000 feet!

2010: 20. Deadly Strategy

The Hardy Boys

Series

Original	The Tower Treasure The House on the Cliff The Secret of the Old Mill The Missing Chums Hunting for Hidden Gold The Shore Road Mystery The Secret of the Caves The Mystery of Cabin Island The Great Airport Mystery What Happened at Midnight While the Clock Ticked Footprints Under the Window The Mark on the Door The Hidden Harbor Mystery The Sinister Signpost A Figure in Hiding The Secret Warning The Twisted Claw The Disappearing Floor The Mystery of the Flying Express The Clue of the Broken Blade The Flickering Torch Mystery The Melted Coins The Short-Wave Mystery The Secret Panel The Phantom Freighter The Secret of Skull Mountain The Sign of the Crooked Arrow The Secret of the Lost Tunnel The Wailing Siren Mystery The Secret of Wildcat Swamp The Crisscross Shadow The Yellow Feather Mystery The Hooded Hawk Mystery The Clue in the Embers The Secret of Pirates' Hill The Ghost at Skeleton Rock The Mystery at Devil's Paw The Mystery of the Chinese Junk Mystery of the Desert Giant The Clue of the Screeching Owl The Viking Symbol Mystery The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior The Haunted Fort The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge The Secret Agent on Flight 101 Mystery of the Whale Tattoo The Arctic Patrol Mystery The Bombay Boomerang Danger on Vampire Trail The Masked Monkey The Shattered Helmet The Clue of the Hissing Serpent The Mysterious Caravan The Witchmaster's Key The Jungle Pyramid The Firebird Rocket The Sting of the Scorpion
Digest	Night of the Werewolf Mystery of the Samurai Sword The Pentagon Spy The Apeman's Secret The Mummy Case Mystery of Smugglers Cove The Stone Idol The Vanishing Thieves The Outlaw's Silver The Submarine Caper (retitled Deadly Chase) The Four-Headed Dragon The Infinity Clue Track of the Zombie The Voodoo Plot The Billion Dollar Ransom Tic-Tac-Terror Trapped at Sea Game Plan for Disaster The Crimson Flame The Skyfire Puzzle Cast of Criminals Fear on Wheels Day of the Dinosaur Crime in the Kennel Cross-Country Crime The Search for the Snow Leopard Eye on Crime The Caribbean Cruise Caper The Hunt for the Four Brothers A Will to Survive Daredevils A Game Called Chaos Training for Trouble The End of the Trail Skin & Bones Crime in the Cards Past and Present Danger Trouble Times Two The Castle Conundrum Passport to Danger Warehouse Rumble The Dangerous Transmission
Casefiles	Dead on Target Evil, Inc. Cult of Crime See No Evil Street Spies Running on Empty River Rats The Last Laugh
Undercover Brothers	Extreme Danger Running On Fumes Boardwalk Bust Operation: Survival Top Ten Ways to Die Martial Law Blown Away Hurricane Joe Trouble in Paradise The Mummy's Curse Hazed Death And Diamonds Bayport Buccaneers Murder At The Mall Pushed Foul Play Feeding Frenzy Comic Con Artist Deprivation House (Murder House trilogy) Murder House (Murder House trilogy) Double Trouble (Double Trouble trilogy) \|Galaxy X (Galaxy X trilogy) The Children of the Lost (Lost Mystery trilogy)

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