Title: Witness To Murder
Series: Hardy Boys Casefiles
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Release Date: October 1, 1988
Publisher: Simon Pulse
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Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis:
Fatal charm
While trying to help Annie Shea, the pretty new girl in town, Joe accidentally runs down her old boyfriend, Phil. Joe's in a tight spot, but Annie seems afraid to help. Then the Hardys learn that Phil is the prime suspect in a million-dollar diamond robbery and Annie may be involved.
But when Annie is kidnapped the brother detectives swing into action. They follow her to the liar of America's most infamous gem thief, Cutter. Outnumbered, the Hardys take on the diamond man's gang in an all-out effort to save Annie -- and clear Joe of murder.
My Review:
It's been a while since I've last picked up a Hardy Boys Casefile, and as someone who has a thing for Joe being girl-crazy, I was really looking forward to this. It held me right on the first page! But what I didn't like about it were the few references in the beginning to the first book in the series, Dead on Target. Not that I've read it (and I'm absolutely not planning to!), but I heard that Muslims are villains in that book, which really offends me as a Muslim, so I couldn't stand even the reminder of it. I couldn't stand the word "terrorist" being referred to Muslims, especially not in a HARDY BOYS book! Why did it also have to be in my favorite series?
In this installment of the Hardy Boys Casefiles, Joe gets accused of murder - vehicular homicide. I loved how Frank would go length to prove his brother's innocence.
The mystery in #20 Witness to Murder was fishy. Phil Sidler, Annie Shea's boyfriend, is involved in a robbery gang, and she might be involved too...
There were some intense scenes that kept me reading.
Since it's one of my favourite subjects, I loved how this particular Hardy Boys book emphasized how much love hurts. I loved the ending; the moment between Frank and Joe. Poor Joe.
Overall, I may have liked some things about this particular Hardy Boys book, but unfortunately, it wasn't one of the best ones I've read. There were a few times when I felt like Joe was being an idiot. The culprit has been kind of obvious since the beginning, but I guess Joe was too blinded by love to see it or something. ***Spoiler***I knew there was something off about Annie Shea!***Spoiler***
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