The Secret Panel (The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories Book 25)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 7x5x0. Gretta, J. Clemens; Tandy, Russell H. Carpentieri 1960C-30. Small stain on top corner, jacket spine head repaired on reverse with clear tape. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1946 Hard Cover. vi, 212, [4] pp. 8vo. #25 in The Hardy Boys Mystery series. Beige tweed boards, light brown multipic endpapers, frontispiece by Russell H. Tandy. "Another exciting mystery begins for Frank and Joe when they help a stranger who has had an accident with his car. The man introduces himself as John Mead, owner of a nearby estate. But when the Hardy boys find an odd-looking house key and try to return it, they realize that John Mead died five years ago! They are even more amazed when they find that the intricately carved doors in the deserted mansion have no visible knobs or keylocks. What happens when Frank and Joe discover that there is a link between their father's case of thieves and the mysterious Mead mansion will keep the reader on edge with thrills and suspense.