Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 / TWO LIVES INTERSECT -- 2 / A WRITER IS BORN -- 3 / THE GHOST OF THE HARDY BOYS -- 4 / BIRTH OF A SERIES -- 5 / A WELL-OILED MACHINE -- 6 / THE GOLDEN HANDCUFFS -- 7 / TOUGH TIMES -- Gallery -- 8 / THE CIRCLE GROWS -- 9 / GOOD OR BAD BOOKS? -- 10 / THE BEST AND WORST OF TIMES -- 11 / NEW OPPORTUNITIES -- 12 / DIRECTING THE PICTURE -- 13 / ON THE AIR -- 14 / A TRAGIC TIME -- 15 / A GHOST EMERGES -- 16 / GHOSTS OF THEIR FORMER SELVES -- 17 / AT HOME AT THE TYPEWRITER -- 18 / THE FINAL CHAPTER -- Reference -- Published Works by Leslie McFarlane -- Index.