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Loading... Nancy Drew Mystery Stories : The Secret of The Old Clock and The Hidden Staircase (edition 1987)by Carolyn Keene (Author)
Work InformationNancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock / The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Not a particularly enjoyable read. I remember reading these, and the Hardy Boys, when I was a child and liking them a great deal. Reading them now, as a adult, they just aren't very entertaining or interesting. The writing is often flat, the mystery is revealed by the title, and the characters are in no way relatable. ( ) This edition has both the first and second book of the series in it. #1 This particular story finds Nancy involved in a search for a missing will. She is assisted in this by her father, who is a noted attorney, and by her older friend Helen Corning. (The re-occuring characters of George, Bess, and Ned do not appear in the earliest books.) As her investigation progresses she not only finds herself at odds with unworthy heirs, but confronting furniture thieves as well. #2 In this particular story, Nancy is asked to investigate a supposed haunting at Twin Elms, a colonal mansion occupied by the elderly Miss Flora and her daughter Rosemary: not only have things gone bump in the night, jewelry has come up missing as well. She is assisted in this by her friend Helen, who is Rosemary's niece. Meanwhile Nancy's father, attorney Carson Drew, is working to defeat the shady dealings of the mysterious Mr. Gombet. Needless to say, before too long the two cases begin to link up. I can't remember reading these books as a kid, though I think I must have read one or two. Barnes and Noble had the first two books available as a set, fer cheap, so I decided to indulge my inner 11-year-old-on-summer-vacation. The novel is ... cute. It's kind of campy? I mean, who talks like Nancy Drew? So proper! But it's adorable and fun and made me want to curl up under the covers with a flashlight and a cat to read it. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesNancy Drew (1-2)
Together in this one book are the two original Nancy Drew's mysteries, which began the classic series of the girl detective! Nancy Drew investigates two cases sending her on dangerous adventures. In The Secret of the Old Clock, Nancy Drew must solve a mystery surrounding a missing will and an old clock. In The Hidden Staircase, Nancy's bravery is put to the test when her father is kidnapped. These classics will keep young mystery lovers on the edge of their seats. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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