CHAPTER I
Pursuit! ". . . stolen at Dune Beach. Car is Swiftline cream sedan, believed heading south on Shore Road. Alert all cars! Repeat . . ." The bulletin had just come over the police band on Frank Hardy's motorcycle radio. He and his brother Joe, side by side on their dark-gray machines, were roaring northward along Shore Road to join school friends for a swim. "Dune Beach!" Frank shouted, and the boys skidded to a halt on a sand shoulder. The car thief might pass them at any moment! "Let's stop him!" Joe proposed. The boys waited, scanning a deserted fishing pier on their right. Frank was eighteen, tall and dark-haired. Joe, a year younger, was blond. Both were excellent amateur detectives. "Joe, do you realize this makes five car thefts in one week along Shore Road?" The Hardys steered their motorcycles to the land side of Shore Road and faced them south, ready to move out quickly. Several cars whizzed by, heading north. Then two police cars screamed past in the other direction. After five more minutes had gone by, Frank frowned. "It looks as if we're not going to nab any thieves today." Joe said, "Let's hope the police are on the right track!" But subsequent bulletins indicated another successful getaway by the car thieves. The Hardys cycled to Dune Beach to learn what they could. Here the boys found several state troopers taking down information from the elderly man whose car had been stolen. "It was gone when I came up from the beach," he said. Presently the boys headed south for their swim. "I don't understand this," Joe remarked. "The stolen car couldn't just vanish into thin air!" "The police seemed just as puzzled," Frank observed. "Unfortunately, there were no witnesses. Did you notice that the tires of two nearby cars had been punctured? The thief must have done that to avoid pursuit." The brothers eased their motorcycles toward a wooden rack behind Oceanside's bathing pavilion. Joe swung off his vehicle and unstrapped his towel roll. "Maybe a good swim will sharpen our wits."
Jumlah Halaman | 74 Halaman |
Tahun Terbit | 2024 |
Kategori | Umum |
Bidang Studi | Import Data |
Penerbit | Standard Ebooks |
Bahasa | English |