The Tower Treasure #1 (The Hardy Boys)

I was excited to stumble upon this Respun Classics rewrite of The Hardy Boys, and the difference is night and day from the very first page! In the very first sentence you can see it’s no longer just the dad who’s the detective, now the mom and dad are part of a famous detective team. It’s been a while since I read the original, so I can’t track all the changes, but it’s a book I’m genuinely happy to have my daughter read (and it’s great for boys too, of course). Amazon seems to mix all the different version of this book, so it’s not always easy to find the right one, but you'll want the Respun Classics edition for sure!

The Tower is super nice/cool. I really like this book. I can’t wait to read the next one. By my grandson, Nolan.

This book in my opinion was a fun mystery to read but it had no character development at all. Nobody changed. Another issue that I had was the language. It was very old fashioned. Well it was common language for back when the book was written it's just annoying now. Also the way the police seem to know way less than the main character Is completely unrealistic. It may have been back then but now it's a lot different. I still liked it.

The Hardy boys set out on another of their very intriguing mysteries to find a criminal who stole a red wig that he used in a robbery from a rich estate. They assist their father who is himself a great detective and collecting all the clues and sending them to the police. The adventure has a few twist and turns that you least expect but this is indeed one of the best old-fashioned mysteries around. I have started my grandsons and granddaughters reading this series and they have loved it.

Such a wonderful start to a great series! Action, intrigue, comedy and; good old fashioned detective work. Written in a simpler time. Some words could cause you shake your head. Kindly dispel the notion that this would take away from the entire experience.

Really good book gives a lot of detail. A lot more than a movie. Just a really good book. Should read

As part of the New York Times 2025 summer reading challenge, I reread this old friend from childhood. While social standards may have changed in the last fifty/five years, good story telling hasn’t.

This review is for the "Unabridged Publications" edition book. The original 1927 text is ***** five stars. This is a Print-On-Demand book, poorly formatted. 214 original book pages are condensed to 52 magazine sized pages with double rows of page text. The font is rather small and in some cases the next chapter number is at the bottom of one column while the chapter name is at the top of the next column. With four blank pages in the back, the book could have been formatted a bit better. The modern cover art could confuse readers, there is no explanation that the text takes place in 1927 with antique technology. The publisher also takes no credit on the title page or book cover, only in the false 2023 copyright notice (the book text is in the Public Domain). The last page of the book indicates the day it was printed in Las Vegas, NV., the date is the very day I placed the order which was after the release date.