The Hardy boys and their father solve a mystery involving inexplicable crashes of high-speed race cars being used to test an experimental turbine motor.
Who is writing threatening notes? How could anyone get into the secret room of the old mansion? As Frank and Joe investigate, robbery and mistaken identity complicate matters.
False robbery charges, Joe's disappearance, and other strange things occur when Frank and Joe set out to retrieve their father's important papers from a diver.
On a visit to Germany the Hardy brothers investigate the theft of plans for a newly invented submarine and the mysterious disappearance of valuable coins and paintings.