The Twisted Claw

While their father Fenton Hardy is working on case of museum robberies he asks Frank and Joe to stake out the Black Parrot, a shipping boat docked in Bayport. The Hardy boys get a job loading crates aboard the ship, but because the crew is so unfriendly and they are kept very busy, they don’t have a chance to investigate so instead they decide to follow another lead and travel to New York to search for a rare old book. While scouring a used book store they locate a book titled Empire of the Twisted Claw which bears a symbol on the cover which matches a ring the first mate of the Black Parrot was wearing.

The Disappearing Floor

Once again Frank and Joe Hardy accept the challenge of a puzzling case when their famous detective father asks the boys to assist him in tracking down a notorious jewel thief and his accomplices. The trail leads to the outskirts of the Hardy's home town and to a weirdly guarded mansion on the old Perth estate.

The Mystery of the Flying Express

After the new hydrofoil they are guarding is stolen, the Hardy boys face frequent danger in solving a mystery involving criminals who operate by signs of the zodiac.

Nature Girl

Carl Hiaasen's novels invariably test the talents and challenge the sanity of synopsis writers. The zany plot knot of Nature Girl features a headstrong "queen of lost causes," an obnoxious telemarketer and his spouse, a particularly persistent sexual harasser, a former drug runner ex-husband pursuer and a failed alligator wrestler. Shaken vigorously and adding a pinch of salt, these critters produce an uproariously funny whodunit.

Sick Puppy

When Palmer Stoat notices the black pickup truck following him on the highway, he fears his precious Range Rover is about to be carjacked. But Twilly Spree, the man tailing Stoat, has vengeance, not sport-utility vehicles, on his mind. Idealistic, independently wealthy and pathologically short-tempered, Twilly has dedicated himself to saving Florida's wilderness from runaway destruction. He favors unambiguous political statements -- such as torching Jet-Skis or blowing up banks -- that leave his human targets shaken but re-educated.