A Ghost in the Closet
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Overview
Join the famous queerboy detectives in their quest to solve the mystery of the missing Hardly parents. Evil scientists, secret agents, and underground caverns await the brave Hardly brothers in this action-packed parody of the Hardy Boys novels.A delightfully queer parody of the serial detective novels of the 1950s. Frank and Joe Hardly team up with Nancy Clue and Cherry Aimless and their chums to solve the mystery of the missing Hardly parents--who have been kidnapped while searching for secret rocketship plans stolen from NASA.
Synopsis
With their fearless crime-fighting, good manners, and manly fashion sense, the Hardly boys are the pride of Feyport, Illinois. In A Ghost in the Closet, dark-haired, muscular Frank and his lovable kid brother Joe return from a gay trip to Europe to find that their parents — world-famous detective Fennel P. Hardly and his wife, Mrs. Hardly — have been kidnapped! Even worse, so have six poodles from the Lake Merrimen Dog Show! Pals Nancy Clue, Cherry Aimless, R.N., and Police Detective Jackie Jones help the Hardly boys track down the criminals — and in the meantime, pick up useful tips on fingerprinting, evidence retrieval, and the laundering of sporty twill slacks.
Like her beloved camp classics, The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse and The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend, Mabel Maney’s A Ghost in the Closet brilliantly parodies 1950s boys and girls adventure series. Pull on a casual rayon shirt and join the queer caper!
LA Reader
Maney has penned a mystery with tongue-in-cheek homoerotic hilarity that s simultaneously fun, nostalgic, and completely contemporary.