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The Clue of the Black Keys (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #28)
by Carolyn KeeneTerry Scott, a young archaeology professor, seeks Nancy’s help in unearthing a secret of antiquity which can only be unlocked by three black keys. While on an archaeological expedition in Mexico, Terry and Dr. Joshua Pitt came across a clue to buried treasure. The clue was a cipher carved on a stone tablet. Before the professor had time to translate the cipher, the tablet disappeared – along with Dr. Pitt! Terry tells Nancy of his suspicions of the Tinos, a Mexican couple posing as scientists who vanished the same night as Dr. Pitt. Nancy and her friends follow a tangled trail of clues that lead to the Florida Keys and finally to Mexico in this suspense-filled story that will thrill readers.
The Clue of the Black Keys (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #28)
by Carolyn KeeneTerry Scott, a young archaeology professor, seeks Nancy's help in unearthing a secret of antiquity which can be unlocked by three black keys. While on an archaeological expedition in Mexico, Terry, Dr. Joshua Pitt, and two other professors came across a clue to the buried treasure. The clue was a cipher carved on a stone tablet. <p><p> Follow Nancy as she travels to Miami and the Florida Keys to uncover clues that help them find the kidnapped Dr. Pitt and eventually unravel the mystery within a mystery and find a treasure that has been lost for generations! <p> In the late 1950s the first 34 volumes of the Nancy Drew series were shortened and revised. This is the version published before the revision.
The Clue of the Broken Blade: The Clue Of The Broken Blade (The Hardy Boys #21)
by Franklin W. DixonWhile searching for the guard end of a broken saber that will solve one mystery, the Hardy brothers become involved with a gang of bank robbers.
The Clue of the Broken Blossom (Vicki Barr, Book #5)
by Julie TathamVicki spends her vacation in Hawaii with her friends Bob and Helen Kane. She finds a lei laced with rare, poisonous flowers shortly upon her arrival in the Honolulu airport. When Vicki learns of the kidnapping of heiress Frances Millet from the Honolulu airport at about the time that Vicki arrived, she becomes convinced that the lei provides a clue to the kidnapping. Meanwhile, Bob Kane is worried about one of his pupils, a young Waluian boy named Loi, who is missing. Loi came home from school one day and just disappeared. Bob tries to contact Loi's father, Kali, who lives and works on the island of Walu, which is coincidentally owned by Frances Millet's father. Bob learns that Kali has been discharged. The Kanes know that Kali is not dishonest and can think of no reason why he would have been discharged. Vicki has a hunch that the disappearances of Kali, Loi, and Frances are all intertwined. Vicki soon discovers the surprising whereabouts of Frances Millet and the two Waluians and the real reason for the three disappearances. How Vicki resolves their problems by way of a difficult confrontation with Gregory Millet will thrill the reader.
The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #11)
by Carolyn KeeneWhen Nancy Drew and her friends arrive at Misty Lake, they meet pretty, red-haired Cecily Curtis, who seeks Nancy's help in solving two mysteries. <P><P>One concerns Cecily's fiancé, Niko Van Dyke, a popular singer who believes that his record company is cheating him of royalty payments. The other invovles a family treasure hidden before the start of the Civil War; Cecily's only clue is half of a gold locket. Nancy's investigations lead her to Pudding Stone Lodge, where the sinister Driscoll family lives. Strange coincidences give Nancy plenty of opportunity to test her sleuthing skills. Braving a series of dangerous situations and discouraging developments, the alert young detective perseveres in her attempts to solve both mysteries and reveal the astounding secrets of Pudding Stone Lodge.
The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #11)
by Carolyn KeeneNancy's sympathy for adopted twin babies leads her into a surprising mystery. From the spoiled and inattentive adoptive parents, to another pair of estranged twins, will Nancy be able to find the baby twins mother before it is too late? This facsimiled edition of the original volumes and story lines is not to be confused with later condensed, updated versions.
The Clue of the Carved Ruby (Vicki Barr, Book #14)
by Helen WellsParis, London, Rome! Vicki Barr finds it hard to believe her good fortune. Now that she is a transatlantic stewardess for Worldwide Airlines, she can visit the most romantic cities of the world - and where Vicki goes, adventure and mystery surely will follow. Even before her first New York-to-Paris flight, Vicki becomes involved in an interlocking series of events which leads her right into the arms of a gang of international criminals. It all starts in New York City when a series of fabulous jewel thefts headline the newspapers. Unwittingly, Vicki and her Swedish roommate Karen foil the thieves' master plan by accepting an envelope containing a picture post card of Grand Central Station and a key to a luggage locker - both meant for someone else. Vicki, of course, cannot resist a mystery, and she traces the key to its source - where a paper bag filled with valuable jewels awaits her. In Paris and New York, Vicki and Karen can find no escape from the entangling web of intrigue, which involves them with a very handsome but mysterious young man and a much-too-charming socialite couple. Join Vicki Barr on her first transatlantic-flight into a whole new world of excitement, romance, and spine-tingling adventure.
The Clue of the Dancing Puppet: The Clue Of The Dancing Puppet (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #39)
by Carolyn KeeneWhen the eerie performances of a life-size puppet begin to haunt the old Van Pelt estate, where an amateur acting group - The Footlighters - have their theater, Nancy Drew is called upon to unravel the baffling mystery.<P><P> From the moment the detective and her friends Bess and George arrive at the mansion, the dancing puppet puzzle is further complicated by Tammi Whitlock, the Footlighters' temperamental leading lady, and Emmet Calhoun, a Shakespearean actor.Nancy's search of the mansion's dark, musty attic for clues to the weird mystery starts a frightening chain reaction. A phone call from a stranger with a witchlike, cackling voice warns her to "Get out!" Next an encounter with two jewel theft suspects adds another perplexing angle to the puzzle. When Nancy finally sees the life-size puppet flitting across the moonlit lawn and chases it, she learns that someone with a sinister motive is determined to keep her form solving the case. Is it one of the Footlighters? Or is it an outsider?
The Clue of the Forgotten Murder
by Erle Stanley Gardner[from the back cover] "An Erle Stanley Gardner Special When a very respectable man, a candidate for councilman on a reform ticket' in fact, is picked up drunk as a hoot-owl and involved with a girl hitch-hiker, there are apt to be headlines. The Blade printed them in large, black type. That led to a libel suit and a secret investigation by a Blade reporter. At least it was supposed to be secret. But apparently the wrong person or persons unknown got wind of it, because the reporter soon became a corpse lying in a vacant lot. Sidney Griff, the criminologist, teamed with the Blade's publisher to track down missing girls, phony checks, and finally a long forgotten murder. The publisher threw his weight around with muscular abandon. Griff played human checkers with suspects, forcing them to move and reveal themselves. Between them, they wound up the case with a blast of gunfire and a shocking discovery."
The Clue of the Gold Coin (Vicki Barr, Book #12)
by Helen WellsVicki Barr, young, pretty stewardess for Federal Airlines, is delighted when given her new assignment aboard the New York-to-Tampa run. But a shipment of priceless antique gold coins, bound for an exhibition at Tampa's famous Gasparilla Pirate Festival, disappears on one of Vicki's first Tampa flights. The official list of suspects includes Vicki's friend, young Joey Watson, besides a silky-smooth import-export agent called "The Duke." Vicki, however, cannot forget two of her passengers on that fateful flight: the frightened old man, Amos Tytell; the other, Wesley R. Eaton-Smith, the suave but disturbing travel agent from Tampa. Their trail leads Vicki to Tampa's old Latin Quarter of Ybor City, and a startling series of discoveries that almost cost Vicki her life. But it is on a trip to Havana, with her friends the Curtins, that Vicki fits into place the scattered pieces of the dangerous puzzle. How Vicki daringly thwarts the desperate smugglers in a breakneck race between two careening planes is the climax to yet another exciting adventure with Vicki Barr, Air Stewardess.
The Clue of the Gold Doubloons
by Carolyn KeeneNancy and George are thrilled to take part in the filming of a pirate movie onboard the Swift Adventure, a reproduction of a centuries-old sailing ship. Twin brothers Andrew and Daniel Wagner are producing the low-budget film, and they've asked their friends to help out. With Nancy as assistant director and George set to play a notorious female pirate, the girls can't wait to jump in. But a series of robberies at the hotel where the cast and crew are staying, plus the discovery of gold doubloons at the crime scenes, has almost everyone in the production under suspicion. Could the robberies be a publicity stunt staged by one of the brothers? An angry crew member trying to sabotage the film? With her own safety in jeopardy, Nancy needs to figure out who in a big cast of characters is masterminding this criminal production.
The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (Nancy Drew #26)
by Carolyn KeeneNancy Drew and her friend Bess discover that a rare and valuable Chinese vase has been stolen from the pottery shop of Dick Milton, a cousin of Bess. Dick had borrowed the vase from his Chinese friend, elderly Mr. Soong, and he is determined to repay Mr. Soong for the loss.<P><P> He tells Nancy that if he can find "the leaning chimney," he will be on the track of a discovery which will solve his financial problems. Nancy finds the leaning chimney, but it only leads her into more puzzles. Can there be any connection between the vase theft - one of a number of similar crimes - and the strange disappearance of the pottery expert Eng Moy and his daughter Lei?
The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #26)
by Carolyn KeeneAs a result of an encounter with a sinister stranger on a lonely country road, Nancy Drew and her friend Bess Marvin discover that a rare and valuable Chinese vase has been stolen from the pottery shop of Dick Milton, a cousin of Bess. Join Nancy and her friends in their exciting adventures as they unravel all the twisted strands of this intriguing mystery.
The Clue of the Left-Handed Envelope
by George E. StanleyEveryone loves the new teacher, Mr. Merlin. Mr. Merlin used to be a spy, and he knows all about secret codes and the strange and gross ways the police solve mysteries. Now there's a mystery in their very own class -- someone sent Amber Lee Johnson an anonymous letter.
The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen
by Kurt Cyrus M. T. AndersonLooking forward to a vacation, Katie, Lily, and Jasper attach their flying Gyroscopic Sky Suite to the Moose Tongue Lodge and Resort, where they mingle with other child heroes found in books, and where they become embroiled in a mystery involving lederhosen-clothed quintuplets and a screaming ventriloquist.
The Clue of the Rusty Key (Dana Girls Mystery #11)
by Carolyn KeeneThe Danas are thrust into the middle of a dispute between Oliver Pritz Gormly and Jasper Conway. The girls rescue Conway and his important papers when Gormly sets fire to Conway's store. Later, when Pritz confronts the girls and orders them to turn over the papers, the girls refuse, earning themselves a new enemy. Jean and Louise learn that Gormly is a swindler, cheating many people, including their classmate Lettie Briggs, who refuses to believe that Gormly is dishonest. Jean and Louise can do little to help Lettie since she refuses to talk to the Danas, but the girls befriend several other victims as they search for clues. The girls face many difficulties before they finally bring Dr. Gormly to justice.
The Clue of the Stone Lantern (Judy Bolton Mysteries Series #21)
by Margaret Sutton Pelagie DoaneJudy winds up in the middle of an FBI investigation when a flower seed peddler gives her a "hot" $10 bill making change for a twenty. Follow along as Peter's case coincides with her garden dilemma and Roberta's dream garden.
The Clue of the Tapping Heels (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #16)
by Carolyn KeeneChallenging questions confront Nancy Drew when she attempts to solve the mystery of the strange tapping sounds in the house of a retired actress. Who is the tapper? How does he gain access to Miss Carter's house, despite securely locked doors and windows? Why do the tapping sounds come in Morse code? Is there a sinister motive behind the prowler's actions? While trying to learn the answers to these and other puzzling questions, Nancy finds her investigations complicated by the dishonest administrator of a will and by a thief who steals the actress's prize Persian cats.
The Clue of the Tapping Heels (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #16)
by Carolyn KeeneOriginally published in 1939. Nancy solves the mystery of a lost love. Between two kidnappings, an estranged father and son and an heir apparent who never was, Follow Nancy and her chums as they track the criminals and reunite lost lovers. n the late 1950s, the first 34 Nancy Drew books began to be condensed and revised. This is the version published before the revision.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
by Edgar WallaceThe Clue of the Twisted Candle Another locked-room mystery by British master storyteller Edgar Wallace. In this tale, John Lexman, a renown mystery writer, is imprisoned on charges of murder. T.X. Meredith, his friend employed by Scotland Yard, tries to prove his innocence.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
by Edgar WallaceThe Urbane T.X. is back in this locked-room mystery by British master storyteller Edgar Wallace.<P> The renown mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to prison. His friend T.X. Meredith, employed by Scotland Yard, tries to prove his innocence.
The Clue Of The Velvet Mask (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #30)
by Carolyn KeeneA masquerade party at the Hendricks’ mansion quickly turns into a mystery when Nancy and her favorite date, Ned Nickerson, spy a stranger about to climb the rose trellis to the second story. Who is this enigmatic man in the black cloak and the exotic woman in the Javanese costume? Are they members of a gang of wily thieves who sneak into partied given by wealthy people and steal jewels and art treasures? And why is the owner of the black velvet hooded mask that Ned finds in the Hendricks’ garden so desperate to get it back? To find the answers Nancy and her friend George devise a daring plan. The two girls switch identities! George soon discovers that while it is exciting to play amateur detective it can be dangerous to masquerade as Nancy Drew.
The Clue of the Velvet Mask (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #30)
by Carolyn KeeneWhen a gang that uses parties as a cover for robberies victimizes a masquerade party Nancy is attending, the teen-age detective switches identity with her girl friend to solve the case. In the late 1950s, the first 34 Nancy Drew books were revised and condensed. This is the version published prior to the revision.
The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #41)
by Carolyn KeeneWarnings not to go to Scotland can't stop Nancy Drew from setting out on a thrill-packed mystery adventure.<P><P> Undaunted by the vicious threats, the young detective - with her father and her two close friends - goes to visit her great-grandmother at an imposing estate in the Scottish Highlands, and to solve the mystery of a missing family heirloom.And there is another mystery to be solved: the fate of flocks of stolen sheep.Baffling clues challenge Nancy's powers of deduction: a note written in the ancient Gaelic language, a deserted houseboat on Loch Lomond, a sinister red-bearded stranger in Edinburgh, eerie whistling noises in the Highlands. Startling discoveries in an old castle and in the ruins of a prehistoric fortress, lead Nancy closer to finding the solution to both mysteries.
The Clue on the Crystal Dove
by Carolyn KeeneA cunning thief is desperate to wreck the opening of a historic landmark -- and Nancy is his target! On Gramercy Park in New York City, the magnificent Van Hoogstraten mansion with its priceless collection of glass birds is about to open to the public. Nancy, Bess, and George are invited, but a series of sinister events puts everything in chaos. When the centerpiece of the collection, a beautiful crystal bird, is stolen, Nancy gets on the case. From family members with motives to keep the house, to an antiques dealer with a personal grudge, suspects abound. And when Nancy goes to the family's abandoned camp in the Adirondack forest, she zeroes in on the truth. In a violent nighttime thunderstorm on a solitary lake, Nancy confronts the culprit. The case is solved -- if she can get to shore alive!