Franklin W. Dixon
The Shore Road mystery
"The Shore Road Mystery" by Franklin W. Dixon is a mystery novel published in 1928. When cars begin vanishing without a trace along Shore Road, the Hardy Boys spring into action after their friend is wrongly accused of being involved in the thefts. Frank and Joe must identify the real culprits from a cast of suspicious characters while solving the puzzle of how vehicles disappear completely from the area. Their investigation leads to a daring plan that puts them directly in the thieves' path.