TV Tropes is a wiki that lists the various plot devices that get used and overused in literature- often with a sarcastic tone.
Here's their entry (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheHardyBoys?from=Main.HardyBoys) for The Hardy Boys. Some criticisms may be off or a little unfair, but some are spot on and pretty hilarious.