Super Mystery is a 36-volume series of crossover paperbacks, pairing The Hardy Boys with Nancy Drew. Earlier crossovers include a 1970s TV series, the novelization of one of the TV episodes (The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula), two SuperSleuths books (each book containing 7 short stories), Campfire Stories (a book of 7 short stories in celebration of the anniversary of the Campfire organization), and the Be-A-Detective series (6 choose-your-own adventure books).
The series is based on the Nancy Drew Files and the Hardy Boys Casefiles universes, as evidenced by Shock Waves, in which the melted keys from the car bombing that killed Iola Morton in the first Hardy Boys Casefile, are mentioned. The books are written under the Keene pseudonym and are told mainly from Nancy's view. Since 2007, and the re-introduction of the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery series based on the "Nancy Drew: Girl Detective" series, many fans have referred to this original crossover series as SuperMystery'88 in order to differentiate the two series.
An attraction between Frank Hardy and Nancy Drew was mentioned throughout the series.
Series titles
edit| # | Title | Released | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double Crossing | June 1988 | |
| 2 | A Crime for Christmas | November 1988 | Peter Lerangis[1][2] |
| 3 | Shock Waves | April 1989 | |
| 4 | Dangerous Games | August 1989 | |
| 5 | The Last Resort | November 1989 | |
| 6 | The Paris Connection | April 1990 | |
| 7 | Buried in Time | August 1990 | Peter Lerangis & Larry Mike[3] |
| 8 | Mystery Train | November 1990 | |
| 9 | Best of Enemies | April 1991 | |
| 10 | High Survival | August 1991 | |
| 11 | New Year's Evil | November 1991 | |
| 12 | Tour of Danger | April 1992 | |
| 13 | Spies and Lies | July 1992 | Tracey West[4] |
| 14 | Tropic of Fear | November 1992 | |
| 15 | Courting Disaster | April 1993 | |
| 16 | Hits and Misses | July 1993 | |
| 17 | Evil in Amsterdam | November 1993 | |
| 18 | Desperate Measures | March 1994 | |
| 19 | Passport to Danger | July 1994 | |
| 20 | Hollywood Horror | October 1994 | |
| 21 | Copper Canyon Conspiracy | December 1994 | Robin Hardy[5] |
| 22 | Danger Down Under | March 1995 | |
| 23 | Dead on Arrival | May 1995 | |
| 24 | Target for Terror | August 1995 | |
| 25 | Secrets of the Nile | November 1995 | |
| 26 | A Question of Guilt | March 1996 | |
| 27 | Islands of Intrigue | May 1996 | |
| 28 | Murder on the Fourth of July | July 1996 | |
| 29 | High Stakes | November 1996 | |
| 30 | Nightmare in New Orleans | March 1997 | |
| 31 | Out of Control | June 1997 | |
| 32 | Exhibition of Evil | August 1997 | |
| 33 | At All Costs | October 1997 | |
| 34 | Royal Revenge | December 1997 | |
| 35 | Operation Titanic | February 1998 | |
| 36 | Process of Elimination | April 1998 | C.J. Henderson[6] |
In additions to the titles listed above, two unpublished manuscripts were written. Book #37 was written by Louise Munro Foley and had the working title The Playhouse Mystery. Book #38 was untitled, but listed as forthcoming on an on-line book sales site.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A Crime for Christmas". Hardy Boys Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Shock Waves". Hardy Boys Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Buried in Time". Hardy Boys Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Spies and Lies". Hardy Boys Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Robin Hardy papers". The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts. New York Public Library. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ^ "Process of Elimination". Hardy Boys Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
Further reading
edit- Merrill, Ashley Christine. The Evolution of Nancy Drew, Cultural Icon: Readers, Writers, and Fanfiction Authors. Master's thesis. North Carolina State University. 2007.
