Peril at Granite Peak: Hardy Boys Adventures, Book 5

The boys are on vacation at a small, struggling family-run ski resort with their friend, Chet Morton. After a couple of mishaps they decide to leave ahead of a storm that will strand everyone there. The boys would have made it out had they driven themselves rather than riding up in Chet's jalopy (that's an old car that may or may not start at any given time, for you young ones), but then we wouldn't have a mystery.Snowed in while other acts of sabotage occur, some dangerous, the boys start investigating. Rather than spoil anything I'll just run down the elements in this story: a saboteur with unknown motives; a list of suspects isolated by the storm; two dogs with two entirely different talents; a fall down artist; someone undercover; a false confession (or two); and secret boyfriend-girlfriend; a red herring (or two).The clues are pretty fair and if you pay attention to a few of them and watch where everyone is (and is not) you can figure out the mystery.The chapters are laid out well, the first person narration is easily identifiable as one of the two brothers (they alternate chapters), and each chapter end makes you want to at least read into the next page.Very good addition to this series.

I recommend this book to everyone.I liked how they solved the mystery & there was more than 1 bad guy.I disliked how the mystery did not come together until the end.

The Hardy Boy books are a great source for a good, no, GREAT, mystery. "Franklin D. is one of my favorite authors and here books always have me hooked" says my 11 year old son, Aiden. I recommend these books to anyone!

The same Hardy Boys I've been reading for over 60 years, just brought up to date. Loved it.

The Hardy Boys Adventures is on a roll. Coming off the very strong book 4 (Into Thin Air) the series outdid itself and created an even better book 5. The secret to the novel’s success is twofold—a great setting and a problem that it was totally plausible for teenaged boys to resolve.The setting is a ski lodge that’s having financial problems and is owned and operated by the family of a friend of a friend. I don’t ski myself, but I find ski lodges to be a great setting for mysteries because they are instantly isolatable with the onset of a good storm. That’s what happens here, but not before some low-key trouble begins to flair up at the lodge. Someone removes a sign warning of dangerous conditions on a ski slope. Small items owned by the guests begin to disappear. And the world’s most annoying customer is getting on everyone’s nerves by finding fault with anyone and everything.Then the snowstorm sets in and the lodge quickly depopulates as people flee the storm. This conveniently (and plausibly) lowers the number of suspects as the problems become more serious and the boys begin to suspect that someone is sabotaging the ski lodge—but why? This is a good mystery from the start to finish and the solution lives up to the hype.

Love that they are making current versions of the hardy boys. My son loves them and he hates to read!

My son loves these books. He will read them in a day. Keep them coming!

This is one of the few series that my eight year old HAS to buy as soon as a new book comes out. His ten year old sister also enjoys them!

Great book

Great

This book is kind of easy to figure out if you have read a lot of Hardy Boys books.Still, It's quite exciting trapped in a blizzard with only a dozen suspects you would think it would be easy to figure out the culprit.But with weirdn things happening such as, ice on the stairs,danger signs missings,and glass in the breakfast waffles and different people missing at each act of sabotage it keeps you in suspense to the end.I also think you should buy the first of The Hardy Boys Adventures: Secret of the Red Arrow.

really good product for a good price

Another brilliant Hardy boys story