Hunting for Hidden Gold · Character

Con Riley

A local lawman whose jail becomes the stage for Lucky Bottom's biggest night when the Hardy boys haul in a legendary outlaw.

supporting

Also known as Officer Con Riley, Riley, Officer Riley

As a supporting figure in Hunting for Hidden Gold, Con Riley is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Attempts to enforce an obsolete bobsledding ordinance but is ambushed and pelted with snowballs by the youths.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

This is the story's dramatic climax because it delivers the emotional peak of Bart Dawson’s profound joy and r…

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Chet Morton
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