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Frank Hardy:
Nearly nineteen now, Frank is a freshman at
Bayport
Community College
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for a career as a private investigator.
Tall, dark and handsome as ever, Frank is finding life after
high school a little more challenging – and definitely more
interesting!
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| Joe Hardy:
Seventeen until April, and now a senior at Bayport High,
blonde, blue-eyed Joe is intent on enjoying his last year of high
school before he embarks on college courses, an eventual degree, and
a career with Hardy and Sons Investigations.
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Laura Hardy:
Petite and lovely, blonde and blue-eyed like her younger son,
Laura continues to grace the Hardy household with her calming
presence; offering wit, humor, common sense and unmitigated love to
the three Hardy men.
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| Fenton Hardy: A
crack private investigator, internationally famous for his
crime-solving abilities, Fenton is an older version of his son
Frank, being tall, dark, and good-looking. He is proud of his sons’
sleuthing abilities, and is beginning to look forward to them
sharing the same career. Although he can appear aloof and withdrawn
at times, Fenton loves and cherishes his family dearly. |

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Vanessa Bender:
Joe’s tall, blonde girlfriend, whose intelligence and
expertise with computers and graphics is highly appreciated by her
friends. Cool and witty,
as quick with a wisecrack as Joe himself, Vanessa finds her life
more and more inextricably intertwined with the younger Hardy –
and she’s not objecting!
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Megan Wright:
Megan is a 5’2” redhead with a winning smile and
beautiful turquoise-blue eyes, whom Frank meets his first week of
college. She first
approached the Hardys for help in solving a suspected murder –
that of her father. However,
the attraction between Megan and Frank Hardy was immediate, and a
business relationship rapidly became an emotional attachment; she
and Frank became a solid “couple” in short order.
Intelligent, with a warm, gentle personality, Megan brings
out the lover in Frank like no other girl has been able to do.
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Bella Scarpetti: Orphaned
only daughter of Linda and Marco, Bella is 17 years old, and
resembles her mother and her Aunt Laura, being petite, blonde, and
blue-eyed. Finding that she has boy cousins almost the same age as
she is comes as a shock to her, but she adapts quickly. And becoming
acquainted with her cousins’ friends is a pleasant surprise, too! |
| Tony Prito:
Juggling college classes and his job at Mr. Pizza, Tony still
manages to make time for his old friends, and shows that loyalties
to the Hardys, and his other friends, run deep. |

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Linda Whittier
Scarpetti: Laura Hardy’s identical twin sister, unexpectedly
deceased. A blonde, blue-eyed beauty like her sister, Linda was
married to Marco Scarpetti, also recently deceased. Mother of
Isabelle, ‘Bella,’ Scarpetti. Linda had severed all ties with
her sister Laura after their respective marriages. |
| Marco Scarpetti:
The ‘white sheep’ of the notorious Scarpetti family of New York;
before his death Marco was a chef and owner of Marco’s, an Italian
restaurant. He broke off all relations with his family, as well as
with Laura and Fenton, after marrying Linda. |

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Dominic Scarpetti:
Marco’s older brother, Dominic is a key figure in the Scarpetti
‘family’ activities, working for his father. But Dominic has his
own ideas of how things should be run, and desires to be in charge,
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| Antonio Scarpetti:
Head of the Scarpetti family, Antonio is getting on in years and
really would like to become better acquainted with his
granddaughter, Bella. He’s wily and slippery, and no one doubts
that he’s been involved in shady dealings all his life…but he
loved his son Marco, and loves Bella, too. He might be willing to
step down from his position, but he’s not ready to let Dominic
take over quite yet! |

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Alexander Harrington:
The manager of Marco’s Italian Restaurant, Alex is a handsome man
in his mid-50’s, with prematurely silvered hair and dark eyes. He
was a good friend of Marco and Linda, and he seems to be very fond
of Bella, but his relationship with the rest of the Scarpetti clan
is slightly suspect. He would like to own Marco’s, rather than
just managing it. |
| Con Riley: A
detective on the Bayport City Police force, Con has been a good
friend to the Hardy family, again and again. Slightly under six feet
tall, and sturdily built, late-30’s Con has dark hair and blue
eyes. |

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