Diplomatic Deceit (Hardy Boys Casefiles, No. 38)

Diplomatic Deceit (Hardy Boys Casefiles, No. 38) by Franklin W. Dixon. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780671674861.

On the high wire of foreign affairs, one slip can lead to disaster! The Hardys and friend Callie Shaw are off to Washington, D.C. Callie finally has the chance to meet her Parisian pen pal, Madeleine Berot, whose parents have been assigned to the French embassy. But when Maddy is caught shoplifting, Frank and Joe suspect that theres something rotten in the state of French diplomacy. Determined to get to the bottom of the Madeleine Berot mystery, the Hardys find themselves caught in a web of international intrigue. They take of on a tingling chase through the nations capital, pursuing a gang of continental con artists. In a case of D.C. deceit, its up to Frank and Joe to nip the caper in the bud!