The Mystery of Cabin Island

Name: The Mystery of Cabin Island
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
ISBN: 9798349102639

Author: Franklin W. Dixon

Series: Hardy Boys

Narrator: Hayden Bishop

Unabridged: 4 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 07/08/2025

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Mystery & Detective, Classic Children's Stories, Beginner Readers

Synopsis

With its wintry setting and classic whodunit charm, The Mystery of Cabin Island is a gripping cold-weather mystery that keeps listeners guessing until the final clue is revealed.Frank and Joe Hardy are thrilled to spend winter break on snow-covered Cabin Island—but their vacation turns into a mission when strange events begin unfolding. A missing valuable, eerie visitors, and a reclusive old man with secrets to keep push the boys into a frosty web of danger.

About Franklin W. Dixon

Franklin W. Dixon is a pen name used by a variety of authors writing for the classic series the Hardy Boys. The first and most well-known "Franklin W. Dixon" was Leslie McFarlane, a Canadian author who contributed ninteen of the first twenty-five books in the series. Other writers who have adopted the pseudonym include Christopher Lampton, John Button, Amy McFarlane, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on February 07, 2017

Another thrilling adventure for Frank and Joe with the friends Biff and Chet! This time they are using an iceboat (being a Southerner, I didn't even know they existed) and camping in a cabin on Cabin Island with two mysteries to solve. They have to fight off some rowdy no-gooders in Ike and Nash and......more

Goodreads review by Jessaka on April 04, 2018

This was the first Hardy Boy that I read, and I am glad I did because years ago when I tried to read one of these Hardy Boy books there was just too much action for me to believe what was happening, that is, every time they turned around something bad was happening to one of them. So far, I have not......more

Goodreads review by C. (Comment, never msg). on June 29, 2018

I enjoyed “The Mystery Of Cabin Island”, 1929, very much but gave three stars because, as a voracious reader, I'm conscious of contrived action. The Stratemeyer Syndicate planned these stories and assigned authors; largely Canadian, Leslie McFarlane. After you read a few, it is clear that too much o......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on November 05, 2022

A Quickie Review What can I say about this series that I haven't already said? Another enjoyable episode; another mystery to be solved; more "PG"-level peril. No surprises there, right? Content Concerns: See above. Score: 4/5......more

Goodreads review by Katt on March 01, 2013

I loved this book - and a lot of the reason was that I was lucky enough to read the 1929 version. Lots of differences - the first being that Frank and Joe are age 16 and 15 respectively in the older books, instead of the 18 / 17 age they are in newer reprints. The mystery is simple and honestly this......more