''Daredevils'' is the 159th title of the

Hardy Boys The Hardy Boys, brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional characters who appear in several mystery series for children and teens. The series revolves around teenagers who are amateur sleuths, solving cases that stumped their adult counterpa ...

series, written by

Franklin W. Dixon Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon & Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the ''Ted ...

. The book was first published by

Pocket Books Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books. History Pocket Books produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in the United States in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing in ...

in 2000, and republished by

Aladdin Paperbacks Aladdin Paperbacks is one of several Children's literature, children's-book imprint (trade name), imprints owned by Simon & Schuster. It was established by Jean E. Karl at Atheneum Books where she was the founding director of the children's depar ...

in 2002, and by

Thorndike Press Gale is a global provider of research and digital learning resources. The company is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, west of Detroit. It has been a division of Cengage since 2007. The company, formerly known as Gale Research and the Gale G ...

in 2003.

Plot summary

The Hardy Boys meet popular stunt man and former family friend Terrence McCauley. His father, Brian McCauley is a friend of Fenton Hardy. Terrence became a stuntman against his father's better wishes, and now somebody's after him. After two attacks on Terrence's life, Joe Hardy enters Daredevil fest — a competition to decide the best young stuntman — as a bodyguard to protect Terrence from the stalker. More accidents happen, with Joe rescuing Terrence each time. Then, just when they think they've got the stalker, the mystery man kidnaps their parents and sends them back to square one. Frank and Joe Hardy finally find out that Slim Billy, a man who Terrence almost blew up, is the one looking for revenge and trying to kill him.

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* * The Hardy Boys books 2000 American novels 2000 children's books Pocket Books books {{2000s-mystery-novel-stub