They try to put it out but have to get a fire truck to help. When the fire is put out and Frank is safe, they must go canoeing to practice for the next days competition. While canoeing, someone has put a hole in Frank's canoe and they flip. The next day is the race last place team gets kicked from camp which means they are sent to jail. The Hardy Boys team doesn't win but only Dylan and Ken get kicked from their team and sent to jail. Joe finds Frank is not in his bed so in the search for Frank, Joe finds a jeep. He follows a trail leading to the cliff were Zach was killed. At the end of the trail, Will Smiley is holding Frank over a cliff. All Will Smiley wanted was to impress his dad Linc Saunders. Linc thought that his team, mainly Zach, was slowing him down and he thought that he could impress his dad by winning. When Joe and Frank get home they get a letter that stated Will Smiley had been sent to jail for the death of Zach Maguire and the Hardy boys had solved another case.
This was a great book for people who like action and Hardy boys.
This is a 4 Star Rating book in my