*happy sigh* I used to read loads of Hardy Boys when I was younger. I remember being devastated when they killed off Joe's girlfriend Iola (was that her name?), particularly as I read about it in one of the books that came after the fact. Used to read Nancy Drew too -though my favourite was always her friend George, who was basically George from the Famous Five grown up. One of my favourite books was one where she got kidnapped. Hmm...
Y'know, between Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Famous Five, the Three Investigators et al ... it's only the lack of smugglers, caves, buried treasure and lumberjacks that denied me the chance to become the child investigator I should have been.