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- "Counting On Crime Is A Risky Business."
- — Tag-line, from front cover
The Number File is the 17th book in The Hardy Boys Casefiles series. It was first published by Archway Paperbacks (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) in July 1988.
Plot summary
Back Cover Write-Up[1]
Hot water in the Bermuda Triangle
Frank and Joe are soaking up some sun in Bermuda and doing a little sleuthing on the side. Their father wants them to check out a shady character named Bernhard Kruger, the suspected kingpin of a big credit card scam. But the brothers aren't making any headway---so far Kruger is clean.
When the Hardys spy on Kruger's villa, one of his thugs spots them. Before they know it, they're being tailed by a black sedan and run off the road into the ocean! This is not the act of an innocent man. Their vacation shot, Frank and Joe resolve to nail Kruger. But he's on to them, and he had other plans---like arranging for the brothers to vanish in the Bermuda Triangle.
Appearances
Characters
- Frank Hardy
- Joe Hardy
- Fenton Hardy
- Alfred Montague
- Alicia Montague
- Croaker
- Bernhard Kruger/Mr.Weisberg
- Bill Baylis
- Walt Conway
- Chief Boulton
- Martin Powers (mention only)
- Coast Guard Captain George Hodges
- Ezra Collig (mentioned only)
- Mickey
- Gus
- Del
- Chet Morton (mentioned only)
- Biff Hooper (mentioned only)
- Phil Cohen (mentioned only)
Locations
- Hamilton, Bermuda
- New York City
- Sea Mist
- One Blue Vista
- Saint Georges Harbor, Bermuda
- Bermuda Star
Businesses and organizations
- FBI (mentioned only)
- British Intelligence (mentioned only)
Notes
- First Hardy Boys adventure to deal with computer identity theft.
References
- ↑ The Hardy Boys Casefiles #17 The Number File; Archway Paperbacks 1988