Hardy and Sons
By Shaun Hautly
Hardy and SonsDec 28, 2020
Flight Sniper | Book 6 - Chapter 7
The boys alternate between treasure hunting and looking for their kidnapped friends.
Mysterious Collision | Book 6 - Chapter 6
The boys don't die from a grenade.
Strategy | Book 6 - Chapter 5
The boys have a strategy. Then someone throws a hand grenade at them.
Suspicious Visitor | Book 6 Chapter 4
This is either a great, bad chapter, or an awful, wonderful chapter. We couldn't decide.
A Pilgrim Mystery | Book 6 - Chapter 3
This is an actual chapter from this really, really weird book. It's a mystery told to the boys.... about pilgrims.
Police Tip-off | Book 6 - Chapter 2
The police receive a tip-off.
Pursuit! | Book 6 - Chapter 1
The boys discover more than ten mysteries in a chapter drowning in foreshadowing and unnecessary exclamations!
Murdering Wolves | Book 5 Old vs New Comparison - Part 3
The boys murder several wolves.
Glasses Are a Disguise | Book 5 Old vs New Comparison - Part 2
The boys wear glasses and virtually disappear.
Book 5: Original 1928 vs 1956 Rewrite - Part 1
We compare our classic blue bound 1956 rewrite to the 1928 original version of this book. There are problems.
Windy Peak Prisoner | Book 5 Chapter 20
The thrilling conclusion to the fifth book from the classic series. The boys basically kill someone.
Wolf Prey | Book 5 Chapter 19
In this penultimate chapter of book 5, the boys kill a wolf.
North from Lone Pine | Book 5 Chapter 18
The boys head North from Lone Pine.
The Secret Listener | Book 5 Chapter 17
In the worst plot twist yet, the boys discover someone with split personality via amnesia, and someone hears the whole thing.
Cliff Hideaway | Book 5 Chapter 16
The missing guy was hiding in a cliff. We know this the entire time because of the title of the chapter.
Underground Chase | Book 5 Chapter 15
Unarmed, the boys pursue an armed criminal into a tunnel. With horses.
The Broken Knife | Book 5 Chapter 14
The Boys improvise a sting operation and pursue armed criminals unarmed.
A Fight in the Dark | Book 5 Chapter 13
The boys watch two people fight and arbitrarily choose one of them to be "the good guy."
Big Al's Orders | Book 5 Chapter 12
The boys focus on the wrong thing.
Shadow of the Bear | Book 5 Chapter 11
The author misses several opportunities for authentic tension and instead becomes obsessed with a compass.
The Ambush Trail | Book 5 Chapter 10
At the very end of the chapter, the boys hike Ambush Trail. They are not ambushed.
The Crowbar Clue | Book 5 Chapter 9
The boys make bad decisions underground. They are not stealthy.
Tommy-Knockers! | Book 5 Chapter 8
The boys learn about guns while the narrator teaches the children readers about guns as well!
A Rooftop Struggle | Book 5 Chapter 7
The boys struggle on a roof and trust strangers.
Ghost Music | Book 5 Chapter 6
The boys don't really understand what "music" is.
The Strange Blue Light | Book 5 Chapter 5
The boys call BS on a ghost story and then rent horses.
A Painted Warning | Book 5 Chapter 4
The boys continue to downplay threats and suspicion. Then their dad tells them to hunt an attempted murderer.
Shortcut to Peril | Book 5 Chapter 3
While this chapter title could describe any Hardy Boys book or chapter, this one is actually more of a boomerang to peril.
A Suspicious Summons | Book 5 Chapter 2
The boys get a call from a stranger. Anytime someone new mentions that strangers, the boys trust them, too. Then they get kidnapped. Obviously.
Danger in the Fog | Book 5 Chapter 1
The boys almost die, people are shot, cars are wrecked, mysteries abound across the country, and the boys trust several strangers.
1920's Violence Normalization | Book 4 Comparison Part 3
This is a bad normal.
Hot Teeth | Book 4 Comparison Part 2
We explore what characteristics make the hottest teeth. Also, relationships.
The Cabin Boy Stays! | Book 4 Comparison Part 1
We begin to dissect the differences between the 1920's original and the 1960's rewrite of book 4: The Missing Chums. Turns out, they added a LOT, removed a lot, and kept some really weird things.
HardyAndSons.Dentist | Bonus Episode
I did it. We did it. You did it.
Which Hardy Boys Characters Are We?? | Season 4 LIVE Show!
No read-alongs. Just a celebration of another book finished.
SEASON FINALE: Ambushing the Enemy | Book 4 Chapter 20
The boys ambush the enemy. There are no negative consequences for any of their actions.
Rocky Prison | Book 4 Chapter 19
In this penultimate chapter of book 4, Frank seizes control of the Police and the Coast Guard while Joe listens to criminals explaining the details of all of their crimes.
Hidden Watchers | Book 4 Chapter 18
The boys-- especially Joe-- demonstrate their disastrous instincts multiple times and get captured. Again.
Hermit's Hideout | Book 4 Chapter 17
The boys prove their instincts would set themselves up to be awful parents.
Skeleton Symbol | Book 4 Chapter 16
The boys eat several meals to break up the urgency of their kidnapped friends.
Outwitting a Suspect | Book 4 Chapter 15
The boys untie themselves while their captor is asleep.
Signal Three | Book 4 Chapter 14
The boys make their biggest mistake yet, but think it's a triumph of detectiveship.
The Threatening Figure | Book 4 Chapter 13
The boys continue to vouch for a convicted criminal.
The Desolate Island | Book 4 Chapter 12
The boys find a desolate island and profile its inhabitant.
Midnight Caller | Book 4 Chapter 11
The boys vouch for a convicted thief.
Our 100th Episode! | Book 4 Halfway Recap
We really squander a cool opportunity to shine.
A Narrow Escape | Book 4 Chapter 10
Once again, the boys shrug off good decisions and embrace coincidence.
The Old Salt's Story | Book 4 Chapter 9
Unable to learn more, the boys thanked the proprietor and bought three postcards.
That sentence is emblematic of this chapter and the entire series as a whole.
Postcard Puzzle | Book 4 Chapter 8
The boys hide a lot for no reason. Then they eat.
Dangerous Beachcombing | Book 4 Chapter 7
The boys let their guard down. REALLY quickly.