In Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie,Detective Fenton Hardy has been murdered, and the Bayport police think Joe andFrank murdered their father. The boys, high school teens, face session aftersession in the police station, interrogated by Chief Collig and DetectivePeterson. It turns out that was the plan, concocted by their friend Nancy.Someone framed Fenton Hardy and made him look like a crooked cop beforemurdering him, and the teens decide to play a very dangerous game to proveDetective Hardy's innocence and find the actual murderer. This story is not forchildren, but for high school-age readers; everything in the book, from thetough characters to the somewhat seedy atmosphere in Bayport to the dark-tonedart lends to the strongly noir mystery. Nobody, including Nancy and the Hardyboys, are quite what they appear; everyone has secrets here. Older teens whoenjoy mysteries and anyone who thought that the classic Nancy Drew and the Hardyboys were too good to be true will enjoy this story.-VOYA