Jour: 15 février 2023

The Hardy Boys The Hardy Boys is a series of mystery books for teenagers and children, that debuted in 1927 and was created by American writer Edward Stratemeyer. Teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy are amateur sleuths who solve mysteries that stump adults. They live in a Northeastern state, have a car, a motorcycle, a boat and seemingly unlimited funds for their many adventures. They were trained in solving crimes by their father, Fenton, an ex-NYPD officer and are accompanied on their adventures by Chet Morton. The original series continued until 2005 and sold over 70 million copies worldwide, but it was never translated into French until now. Creation The creator of the series, Edward Stratemeyer was a prolific writer (he wrote about 1,300 books) with a nose for business. He came up with an ingenious business model for a literary syndicate that hired a network of freelance ghostwriters, who wrote novels for a small flat fee, following the detailed outline of the plot…