<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A banker who has been receiving threatening notes enlists the help of the Hardy boys. Before very long, the young sleuths find themselves entangled in the investigation of a notorious band of thieves. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A banker who has been receiving threatening notes enlists the help of the Hardy boys. Before long, the young sleuths find themselves entangled in the investigation of a notorious band of thieves.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Franklin W. Dixon is a pen name used by a variety of authors writing for the classic series, The Hardy Boys. The first and most well-known Franklin W. Dixon was Leslie McFarlane, a Canadian author who contributed 19 of the first 25 books in the series. Other writers who have adopted the pseudonym include Christopher Lampton, John Button, Amy McFarlane, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.