About the book: 1994 / The Hardy brothers, Frank and Joe, in their free time from school, enjoy helping their father, the famous detective Fenton Hardy, solve complicated criminal crimes . This time the brothers decide to buy an old Chinese junk to transport passengers on it. However, as soon as they make a purchase, strange suspicious individuals begin to circle around the boat and periodically search it. Frank and Joe will have to work hard to find out why there was such a stir around their purchase, and at the same time expose a whole group of smugglers.© bschepan