The Crisscross Shadow
by Leslie McFarlane
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivefamilyfresh & originalwholesomelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeA contained, wholesome mystery, otherwise balanced. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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5.0 / 5
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About This Book
When a man selling leather goods door-to-door steals the key to their detective father's file cabinet, Frank and Joe Hardy set out to track him down. An odd mark on a key case which the man sold to their mother leads the teen-age sleuths to an Indian village, whose chief begs them to help him.
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- Author
- Leslie McFarlane
- Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 169
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- Open Library
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