Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys: The Big Lie

Author: Col, Anthony DelEdition: IllustratedFormat: IllustratedNumber Of Pages: 160Details:Reviews: BOOKLIST -- While some of us old fogeys will lament the darkening of these stalwart, all-American kid detectives, teens will find this disillusioned and gritty version of great interest. The sunny town of Bayport has a dark underbelly. Police detective Fenton Hardy is dead and disgraced, and his sons Frank and Joe stand accused of his murder. Enter tough-as-nails Nancy, who helps them infiltrate the Bayport underworld to clear themselves and uncover the truth about Dad. Del Col creates an interesting friction between the brothers, but it's Nancy who drives the plot with a feisty confidence and hard-boiled dialogue that she maintains even through her own tragic familial revelations. While the three are all enterprising and brave, for famous detectives, they do virtually no actual deducting, making the familiar crime elements somewhat less riveting for it. The visuals, though, stand