The House on the Cliff

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The House on the Cliff is an early mystery novel in the Hardy Boys series in which teenage detectives Frank and Joe Hardy investigate smuggling activities centered around a mysterious cliffside mansion.

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The House on the Cliff canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hardy Boys book
novel
author Franklin W. Dixon
belongsToFranchise Hardy Boys franchise
countryOfOrigin United States
createdByStratemeyerSyndicate true
featuresCharacter Callie Shaw
Chet Morton
Fenton Hardy
Frank Hardy
Iola Morton
Joe Hardy
fictionalUniverse Hardy Boys universe
firstEditionFormat hardcover
followedBy The Secret of the Old Mill
genre children's mystery fiction
detective fiction
ghostwriter Leslie McFarlane
hasClimacticLocation cliffside mansion
hasCoverArtDepicting house on a cliff over the sea
hasDetectiveDuo Frank and Joe Hardy
linked to: Frank Hardy
hasRevisedEdition 1959 revised text
hasSequelRelationshipWith The Secret of the Old Mill
involvesCrimeType smuggling
language English
mainProtagonist Frank Hardy
Joe Hardy
marketedAs boys' adventure story
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableTheme courage
crime and justice
family loyalty
originalTextLength longer than 1959 revised edition
partOf original Hardy Boys series
plotElement disappearance of Fenton Hardy
mysterious cliffside house
plotFocus smuggling ring investigation
precededBy The Tower Treasure
publicationYear 1927
publisher Grosset & Dunlap
series Hardy Boys
setting Bayport
targetAudience children
young adults
timePeriodOfPublication 1920s

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The Hardy Boys series notableWork The House on the Cliff
The Secret of the Old Mill precededBy The House on the Cliff