The tower treasure vs Tic-Tac-Terror: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The tower treasure The tower treasure Leslie McFarlane · 1927 ★★★★☆ 3.9 180 pages · ≈ 3 h 20 m · Moderate
“Frank and Joe Hardy clutched the grips of their motorcycles and stared in horror at the oncoming car.”

A dying criminal confesses that his loot has been stored "in the tower." Both towers of the looted mansion are searched in vain. It remains for the Hardy boys to make an astonishing discovery that clears up the mystery…

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Cover of Tic-Tac-Terror Tic-Tac-Terror Leslie McFarlane · 1982 ★★★★☆ 3.8 204 pages · ≈ 3 h 47 m · Light

The two young detectives solve a mystery involving a top secret government agency and a world-famous spy who wishes to defect to America.

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

The tower treasureTic-Tac-Terror
Goodreads 3.9 (659) —
Hardcover 3.5 (49) 3.0 (1)
Google Books 5.0 (1) —

Reception

The tower treasureTic-Tac-Terror
Ratings 659 1
Editions 45 8
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 299 —
Reading it now 36 —
Written reviews 84 —
Wikipedia attention 1218 64
Pages 180 204

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