This series includes 56 books.
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Book 1The Secret of the Old Clock
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew's keen mind is tested when she searches for a missing will.
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Book 2The Hidden Staircase
by Carolyn Keene
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Teenage detective Nancy Drew uses her courage and powers of deduction to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion.
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Book 3The Bungalow Mystery
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy believes her friend’s guardians are trying to steal her inheritance. As she investigates, she has a perilous experience near the deserted bungalow.
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Book 4The Mystery at Lilac Inn
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy finds herself in danger when she tries to solve the mystery of the old inn, believed to be jinxed.
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Book 5The Secret of Shadow Ranch
by Carolyn Keene
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With her wits and her ever present girlfriends, the resourceful Nancy Drew foils a gang of bank robbers and kidnappers. With just the right dramatic flair, the self-deprecating Nancy Drew keenly solves the mystery of a romantic legend involving an outlaw and a ranch-owner's daughter. Whether facing a phantom horse, a rock slide, or a raging river, Nancy keeps her cool and prevails.
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Book 6The Secret of Red Gate Farm
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy becomes suspicious of a secret society and is drawn to investigate.
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Book 7The Clue in the Diary
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy uses a lost diary to exonerate an innocent prisoner.
Nancy and her friends, George and Bess, are returning from a country carnival when they witness the explosion and burning of a beautiful country mansion. Fearing its occupants may be trapped in the blazing building, they rush to the rescue - and unexpectedly find themselves confronted with a mystery that seems to be insoluble.
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Book 8Nancy's Mysterious Letter
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy receives a letter informing her that she is heir to a fortune. This story tells of her search for another Nancy Drew.
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Book 9The Sign of the Twisted Candles
by Carolyn Keene
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While solving the mystery of an old man's disappearing fortune, Nancy both starts and ends a family feud and reveals the identity of an orphan of unknown parentage.
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Book 10Password to Larkspur Lane
by Carolyn Keene
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A carrier pigeon furnishes Nancy with a clue to a mysterious retreat.
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Book 11The Clue of the Broken Locket
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew and her friends are plunged into a network of strange events when they visit Misty Lake. The very night they arrive, they meet pretty, red-haired Cecily Curtis, who seeks Nancy's help in solving two mysteries: one concerning Cecily's fiance, Niko Van Dyke, a popular singer who believes that his record company is cheating him of royalty payments; the other, involving a family treasure hidden before the start of the Civil War - Cecily's only clue being half of a gold locket.
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Book 12The Message in the Hollow Oak
by Carolyn Keene
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A group of professional detectives challenge Nancy to tackle a mystery that they have failed to solve: find an invaluable message hidden by a missionary centuries ago in a hollow oak tree in Illinois.
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Book 13The Mystery of the Ivory Charm
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew determines whether an ivory elephant charm really protects its wearer from harm when she investigates the involvement of a member of the Bengleton Wild-Animal Show in a mysterious scheme.
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Book 14The Whispering Statue
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy and her friends establish headquarters in a seaside yacht club to investigate strange happenings in a book store and the disappearance of a marble statue.
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Book 15The Haunted Bridge
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew becomes involved in a double mystery concerning a haunted bridge and jewel thieves.
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Book 16The Clue of the Tapping Heels
by Carolyn Keene
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Ms. Carter, an old lady who has a mysterious tapper and a cat thief on the loose at her house, is very frail and needs help from Nancy Drew and her friends.
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Book 17The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk
by Carolyn Keene
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A brass-bound trunk mistakenly delivered to Nancy's cabin on a New York-bound ocean liner becomes the first clue leading her to suspect that international jewel thieves are aboard.
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Book 18Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew sets out to prove that her father's client was unjustly accused of trying to sabotage the United States space program.
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Book 19The Quest of the Missing Map
by Carolyn Keene
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"No! No! I won't go there!" seven-year-old Trixie Chatham cries out. "The Shop Cottage is haunted!"
Prompted by her concern for the frightened child, Nancy investigates the small studio on the Chatham estate. What the astute young detective discovers leads her to believe that there is a connection between the mysterious occurences at Ship Cottage and her search for a treasure island. -
Book 20The Clue in the Jewel Box
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy and her friends help a woman search for her missing grandson.
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Book 21The Secret in the Old Attic
by Carolyn Keene
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First published in 1944, this mystery finds Nancy searching for some unpublished musical manuscripts which she believes are hidden in the dark, cluttered attic of a rundown mansion.
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Book 22The Clue in the Crumbling Wall
by Carolyn Keene
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While trying to locate a missing dancer who is about to gain a large inheritance, Nancy Drew finds a clue leading to the solution of yet another mystery.
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Book 23Mystery of the Tolling Bell
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew and her two friends help uncover a gang of swindlers while vacationing in a seaside town.
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Book 24The Clue in the Old Album
by Carolyn Keene
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At a doll collector's request for help, a young sleuth searches for an old album, a lost doll, and a missing gypsy violinist.
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Book 25The Ghost of Blackwood Hall
by Carolyn Keene
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A search for stolen jewelry takes Nancy to New Orleans where she uncovers a swindling racket in which a medium uses her trade to relieve victims of their valuables.
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Book 26The Clue of the Leaning Chimney
by Carolyn Keene
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A rare Chinese vase is stolen from a pottery shop. Nancy and the owner of the shop feel that locating "the leaning chimney" will provide the clue to the vase and other stolen articles.
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Book 27The Secret of the Wooden Lady
by Carolyn Keene
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Adventure abounds on the Bonny Scot in Boston Harbor as Nancy Drew helps Captain Easterly uncover the mystery of his ghostly visitors. From the moment the clever young detective and her friends, Bess, George, Burt, Dave and boyfriend Ned, take up residence on the old clipper ship they are confronted with fire, theft and other dangerous situations.
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Book 28The Clue of the Black Keys
by Carolyn Keene
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Terry 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 and Dr. Joshua Pitt came across a clue to the buried treasure. The clue was a cipher carved on a stone tablet.
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Book 29Mystery at the Ski Jump
by Carolyn Keene
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When Nancy learns that the Drews' housekeeper has been duped by an elegantly dressed woman into buying a stolen fur piece, the young detective starts a search for the clever swindler. To Nancy's astonishment, she discovers that the woman is using the name Nancy Drew. The dishonest acts of the impostor point the finger of suspicion at Nancy herself and result in her being questioned by the police. Nancy's determination to capture the elusive, dangerous Mitzi Channing takes her to northern New York State and Canada. At a gala winter event Nancy meets this situation and turns the tables on Mitzi Channing and her fellow thieves makes another thrilling Carolyn Keene mystery.
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Book 30The Clue of the Velvet Mask
by Carolyn Keene
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When 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.
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Book 31The Ringmaster's Secret
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew joins the circus in order to investigate the mystery surrounding a gold charm bracelet and a young orphaned aerialist.
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Book 32The Scarlet Slipper Mystery
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew comes to the aid of the owners of a local dancing school when they receive an anonymous note threatening their lives.
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Book 33The Witch Tree Symbol
by Carolyn Keene
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An unusual hex sign leads Nancy Drew to Pennsylvania Dutch country in pursuit of a thief who stops at nothing to get rid of her.
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Book 34The Hidden Window Mystery
by Carolyn Keene
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A magazine article offering a large reward to anyone who can find a missing medieval stained-glass window intrigues Nancy Drew. She asks Bess and George to join her on a search in Charlottesville, Virginia. Before the three friends leave River Heights, their adversary tries to get them to postpone the trip. But no luck. Nancy is determined to carry through her plans.
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Book 35The Haunted Showboat
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy and her friends are to travel to New Orleans during the Mardi Gras celebration and explore a mystery surrounding an old river showboat. The boat River Princess ran aground during a storm and has been abandoned since then. The goal is to restore it before Mardi Gras so that a Southern belle can host her engagement party on it. Strange things have been happening on the boat, leading many to believe that it is haunted. Nancy and her friends delve into the mystery, despite the apparent dangers.
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Book 36The Secret of the Golden Pavilion
by Carolyn Keene
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Carson Drew's client, Mr. Sakamaki, needs help. His deceased grandfather’s estate, Kaluakua, has a Golden Pavilion which may be haunted, and two middle-aged people claim to be the grandchildren of Mr. Sakamaki's grandfather and are going to run and take over the estate. Nancy must prove them wrong and stop a terrible gang called the Double Scorps who are trying to steal the secret king's cape in the Golden Pavilion. Are the strangers claiming to be family members part of the Double Scorps, trying to claim the estate for the Double Scorps? What does a sacred king’s cape have to do with the Secret of the Golden Pavilion? And who is that ghost that dances by the Pavilion every night?
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Book 37The Clue in the Old Stagecoach
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy searches for an antique stagecoach that, according to legend, contains something of great value to the people of Francisville.
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Book 38The Mystery of the Fire Dragon
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew is called to New York by her Aunt Eloise to solve a missing-person case. The granddaughter of her elderly Chinese author neighbor, Mr. Soong, has been kidnapped. The search is on, first by disguising Nancy's friend George Fayne as the missing Chi Che, and then pursuing a lead at Chi Che's place of employment, a book store, where Nancy encounters its suspicious owner.
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Book 39The Clue of the Dancing Puppet
by Carolyn Keene
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When the eerie performances of a life-size puppet begin to haunt the old Van Pelt estate, where and amateur acting group-The Footlighters-have their theater, Nancy Drew is called upon to unravel the mystery.
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Book 40The Moonstone Castle Mystery
by Carolyn Keene
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When Nancy Drew receives a valuable moonstone as a gift from an unknown person, she is amazed and puzzled. But it is only the first of several startling events in this complex mystery that challenge the ingenuity of the pretty sleuth. Why are the Bowens--a missionary couple who recently returned to the United States--having so much trouble finding their missing seventeen-year-old granddaughter?
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Book 41The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy travels with her father and two close friends to visit her great-grandmother in Scotland and discovers the mystery of a missing family hierloom.
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Book 42The Phantom of Pine Hill
by Carolyn Keene
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When Nancy Drew, together with her two close friends, arrive for the Emerson University June Week celebration and learn there has been a mix-up in their motel reservations, the confusion leads to a baffling mystery. Uncle John Rorick, a descendant of the early settlers of the town of Emerson, invites the three girls to be his guests at his historic mansion on Pine Hill. Shortly after their arrival, he tells them about the phantom who haunts the mansion's library.
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Book 43The Mystery of the 99 Steps
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy's search for a flight of 99 steps to solve the mystery of a friend's weird dream takes her to France.
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Book 44The Clue in the Crossword Cipher
by Carolyn Keene
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Lovely young Carla Ponce, who lives in Peru, invites Nancy and her friends Bess and George to visit her and solve her "monkey mystery," which might lead to a fabulous treasure.
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Book 45The Spider Sapphire Mystery
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew's latest involvement in a mystery begins in her home town and concerns a synthetic sapphire with a spider embedded in it, and the strange disappearance of Ned Nickerson.
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Book 46The Invisible Intruder
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew and her friends go on a ghost hunting expedition and become involved with a gang of thieves who concentrate their activities on collectors of valuable shells.
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Book 47The Mysterious Mannequin
by Carolyn Keene
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The gift of an oriental rug with a coded message woven into its border and the disappearance of a Turkish client start Nancy Drew on a new search for a missing mannequin.
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Book 48The Crooked Banister
by Carolyn Keene
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While helping the police find the owner of a mysterious house with a crooked staircase and an unpredictable robot, Nancy Drew, girl detective, also helps capture a swindler.
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Book 49The Secret of Mirror Bay
by Carolyn Keene
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When Nancy Drew and her friends go to a lake in New York to investigate reports of a woman gliding over water, they discover a treasure underwater.
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Book 50The Double Jinx Mystery
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy and her friends find they have to overcome people's superstitions and fears in solving the case of a "jinxed" and threatened bird farm.
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Book 51The Mystery of the Glowing Eye
by Carolyn Keene
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A fiery glowing eye in a museum, the abduction of Ned, the code name Cyclops, and a pilotless helicopter draw Nancy and her friends into a dangerous investigation.
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Book 52The Secret of the Forgotten City
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy and her friends become involved in a search for lost treasure.
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Book 53The Sky Phantom
by Carolyn Keene
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While vacationing in the Midwest with her friends, Nancy Drew investigates a mysterious magnetic cloud, searches for a hijacked plane, and hunts a horse thief.
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Book 54The Strange Message in the Parchment
by Carolyn Keene
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While trying to recover a set of stolen parchment paintings, Nancy Drew becomes involved in tracking a kidnapper and extortionist.
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Book 55Mystery of Crocodile Island
by Carolyn Keene
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A young detective's attempts to uncover a group of poachers on Crocodile Island in Florida involve her with kidnapping, reptiles, enemy boats, and a sinister racket.
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Book 56The Thirteenth Pearl
by Carolyn Keene
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Asked to locate a stolen necklace of unusual value, Nancy soon discovers that strange and dangerous people are responsible for the theft.
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