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| - The Crimson Circle of Twelve, or just the Circle, was a group people who committed pranks and acts of vandalism in the Bayport area. The group of 12 members was started by Kevin Branders, as a cover for his older brother, Curt Branders' criminal activities. The 12 members were mostly high school student age people from upper-class families, who lived in and around the towns of Bayport and Kirkland. The Circle worked on dares. At meetings members would be dared to pull a certain prank at a certain location. The gang pulled many pranks, but as time went on and dares became more dangerous, for both Circle members and the general public, some members became uneasy. One member, Jeanne Sinclair started leaving clues for local amateur detectives, Frank and Joe Hardy. Thanks to the Hardys investigation the gang was broken-up, and the Branders plan stopped. During their investigation the Hardys came to realise that the Circle was just a cover for something much bigger then pranks and vandalism. Unknown to the rest of the gang, Kevin and Curt Branders were using the Circle to distract the police from Curt's crimes. Kevin had been led to believe that his older brother was thief, but in reality, Curt Branders is an internationally wanted hit-man. He was in Bayport to assassinate Willis Gramatkee.
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