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The Secret of the Old Mill

  • 1927 first published
  • 174 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (6 ratings)
  • 31 editions

The Secret of the Old Mill is a 1927 horror and adventure fiction novel by Leslie McFarlane and Tony Carpentieri. Key subjects include counterfeits and counterfeiting, hardy Boys, hardy boys and reference books.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, and 101 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 31 editions.

It runs to roughly 174 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Secret of the Old Mill

Teenage detectives Frank and Joe Hardy investigate a case of counterfeiting.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Counterfeits and counterfeiting
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Hardy Boys
  • Mystery
  • Children's fiction
  • Hardy boys
  • Action & adventure
  • Reference books
  • Mystery & detective
  • Horror
  • Brothers, Juvenile fiction
  • Counterfeits and counterfeiting, Juvenile fiction
  • Hardy Boys, Juvenile fiction
  • Adventure
  • Children’s

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote The Secret of the Old Mill?

The Secret of the Old Mill was written by Leslie McFarlane and Tony Carpentieri and first published in 1927.

What genre is The Secret of the Old Mill?

It is usually shelved as Horror and Adventure.

How long is The Secret of the Old Mill?

The median edition has 174 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Secret of the Old Mill?

Readers who like it often enjoy Gideon the Ninth, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and The Lightning Thief.

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