The lure of the Italian treasure : Hardy boys mystery stories #157

Frank and Joe are spending the summer on an archaeological dig on an Italian count's property, and they get to stay in the count's villa -- along with Francesca, his attractive teenage daughter. But no sooner does Joe unearth a fabulous cache of jewelry than it vanishes.... All aboard for a major mystery... Frank and Joe have been asked to judge the sleuthing skills of five teen detectives in a contest sponsored by Teenway magazine. Even cooler, the contest takes place on a Caribbean cruise ship! But it's not long before suspicious pranks threaten to ruin the contest: one of the Teenway interns nearly falls overboard, the "mystery scene" the contestants studied gets tampered with, and someone may have poisoned the food! How can the Hardys solve this titanic mystery? With the help of five teen detectives, of course, along with their own expert investigating skills. But they'd better move fast, because a culprit lurks beneath the Caribbean sun—and it's sink or swim for Frank and Joe. Spending the summer on an archaeological dig on the property of an Italian count, Frank and Joe Hardy are delighted when they meet Francesca, his attractive teenage daughter, but their trip is threatened when Joe's amazing discovery, a wealth of fabulous jewelry, mysteriously vanishes. Original. The Hardy Boys have to find the culprit who is sabotaging the contest for teenage detectives on board a cruise ship. In Italy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy uncover an amazing artifact at an archeological dig but then its stolen