A buried secret becomes a big problem for Frank and Joe in the
twenty-fifth book in the thrilling Hardy Boys Adventures series.
Frank and Joe are on a history club trip to New York City, and their
first stop is the Prohibition Museum where they'll hear about how
smugglers building getaway vehicles led to the rise of modern stock car
racing. During a tour of damp escape tunnels beneath the museum, Frank
slips and breaks a wall panel with his elbow, revealing a hidden
compartment containing documents from the 1920s!
The documents reveal that The Gilded Top Hat--the speakeasy which later
became the Prohibition Museum--wasn't actually owned by the Faccini
brothers who were arrested for its bootlegging operations. The museum
curator is eager to investigate this lead into the speakeasy's history,
and never ones to turn down a good case, Frank and Joe volunteer to help
out. But before long, someone steals the documents and sends the boys
warnings to stop digging into the past. Can Frank and Joe uncover the
truth before it's buried for another hundred years--and the boys along
with it?