# The House on the Cliff — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The House on the Cliff by Franklin W. Dixon.

- [The Haunted House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/i-the-haunted-house.md): On a bright Saturday morning in June, Frank Hardy, Joe Hardy, Chet Morton, Jerry Gilroy, and Biff Hooper ride motorcycles along the shore road from Bayport. Seeking adventure, they decide to visit the reputedly haunted P
- [The Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/ii-the-storm.md): During a violent storm, the Hardy boys and their friends explore the Polucca house. They hear a terrifying shriek, and after a brief retreat, Frank and Joe decide to investigate further, while their friends hesitate. The
- [III: Empty Tool Boxes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/iii-empty-tool-boxes.md): After the ceiling collapse in the Polucca house, the boys escape through a boarded window and flee in the rain. They hear a mocking laugh from the house. Later, Frank and Joe discover their motorcycle tool boxes have bee
- [The Chase in the Bay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/iv-the-chase-in-the-bay.md): After discovering their tool boxes stolen during their visit to the Polucca place, Frank and Joe Hardy debate returning to investigate but decide to continue home with their friends. While riding along the bay, they witn
- [The Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/v-the-rescue.md): The Hardy boys rescue a drowning man from the bay after an explosion, rowing him to a farmhouse where he regains consciousness and accuses Snackley of causing the wreck.

> 20 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_house_on_the_cliff_se_1204kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Snackley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/vi-snackley.md)
- [Bound and Gagged](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/vii-bound-and-gagged.md)
- [The Stolen Witness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/viii-the-stolen-witness.md)
- [The Strange Message](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/ix-the-strange-message.md)
- [X: The Vain Search](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/x-the-vain-search.md)
- [The Cap on the Peg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xi-the-cap-on-the-peg.md)
- [XII: Pointed Questions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xii-pointed-questions.md)
- [A Plan of Attack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xiii-a-plan-of-attack.md)
- [XIV: Private Property](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xiv-private-property.md)
- [Smugglers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xv-smugglers.md)
- [The Secret Passage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xvi-the-secret-passage.md)
- [The Chamber in the Cliff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xvii-the-chamber-in-the-cliff.md)
- [A Startling Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xviii-a-startling-discovery.md)
- [XIX: Captured](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xix-captured.md)
- [XX: Dire Threats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xx-dire-threats.md)
- [Quick Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xxi-quick-work.md)
- [Into the Haunted House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xxii-into-the-haunted-house.md)
- [XXIII: Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xxiii-rescue.md)
- [The Roundup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xxiv-the-roundup.md)
- [The Mystery Explained](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_cliff_se/chapters/xxv-the-mystery-explained.md)

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