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• How We Solved Our Parents’ Cold-Case Murder :) by Autumn596

  Fandoms: Hardy Boys - Franklin W. Dixon  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  18 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Frank Hardy & Joe Hardy
  • Frank Hardy
  • Joe Hardy
  • Gertrude Hardy
  • Chet Morton
  • Original Characters
  • dead Fenton Hardy
  • dead Laura Hardy
  • Brotherly Love
  • Brotherly Bonding
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Child Abuse
  • Blood and Injury
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Bullying
  • Protective Siblings
  • References to Depression
  • POV Multiple
  • Attempted Kidnapping
  • Kidnapping
  • Death
  • Passively suicidal Joe Hardy
  • inaccurate depiction of foster care
  • i might rewrite this later
  • slightly aged-down characters

  Summary

  (That’s just a working title y’all I’m sorry)

  AU where Fenton and Laura Hardy are murdered and Frank and Joe are separated and placed in foster care. The trail of the murder goes cold, leaving Frank and Joe with no closure. Two years later, Joe, now 16, has stumbled upon a possible lead to the case. Can he and Frank work together to solve the case despite their recent (physical and emotional) distance? Is it possible for them to rebuild the relationship they once had?

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  English

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