Book details

While the Clock Ticked

Volume #11 in the Hardy Boys Canon (1-58) series

Original edition (1932)

• Ghostwriter: Leslie McFarlane
• Summary: The boys discover how and why Raymond Dalrymple is receiving threatening notes in a secret room of the old Purdy mansion.

Revised edition (1962)

• Revision type: Completely rewritten; most plot elements retained, but a different villain is added. (More about revisions.)
• Ghostwriter: James Buechler

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Gretta, 1932

Gillies, 1950

Nappi, 1962