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Description edit
Nancy Drew is on the case, trying to solve the second mystery of her career. When Nancy's friend Helen asks her to come stay at Twin Elms to try and catch the ghost that has been frightening Helen's Aunt Rosemary and Miss Flora, Nancy readily accepts the assignment. Exhibiting total... read more
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Summary edit
Teenage detective Nancy Drew uses her courage and powers of deduction to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion.
Characters/People edit
- Nancy Drew: Nancy Drew is a fun girl that loves a new mystery.
- Hannah Gruen: Nancy's father's housekeeper.
- Carson Drew: Nancy's father. He is an attorney.
- Helen Corning: Nancy's friend
- Willie Wharton: A landowner who is trying to get more money from the railroad company.
- Captain Rossland: Police commandent chief.
- Nathan Gomber: Agent for Willie Wharton.
- Harry: Taxi driver.
- Samuel Greenman: Add a description of this character.
- Mr. Anthony Barradale: One of the railroad company lawyers.
- Mr. Dodd: A realtor.
- Tom Patrick: Officer guarding Twin Elms.
- Nancy Drew: great personality
- Mr. Albert Watson
- Captain McGinnis: Captain on the River Heights force.
- Rosemary Hayes: Helen's great-aunt.
- Flora Turnbull: Helen's great-grandmother.
- Dirk Jackson: A boy that Nancy is dating.
- Jim Archer: Helen's fiancé.
- Mr Ritter: A postman, who has also sold his property to the railroad company.
- Miss Skade: A nurse.
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
NANCY DREW began peeling off her garden gloves as she ran up the porch steps and into the hall to answer the ringing telephone.
Table of Contents edit
1. The Haunted House
2. The Mysterious Mishap
3. A Stolen Necklace
4. Strange Music
5. A Puzzling Interview
6. The Gorilla Face
7. Frightening Eyes
8. A Startling Plunge
9. A Worrisome Delay
10. The Midnight Watch
11. An Elusive Ghost
12. The Newspaper Clue
13. The Crash
14. An Urgent Message
15. A New Suspect
16. Sold!
17. Through The Trap Door
18. A Confession
19. The Hidden Staircase
20. Nancy's Victory
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 177 in Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. (standard series)
Preceded by The Secret of the Old Clock, and followed by The Bungalow Mystery.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Carolyn Keene (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1930
ISBN: 978-0448095028
Page Count: 182
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1930
ISBN: 978-0448095028
Page Count: 182
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › Series › Mystery & Detective › Nancy Drew › Nancy Drew Mysteries
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Mysteries, Espionage, & Detectives
- Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( K ) › Keene, Carolyn
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12
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