Books by Carolyn Keene

Book SynopsisWhen 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, Joanie Horton? Nancy and her friends travel to Deep River, the town where the young Jonie lived. From the motel where Nancy and her friends stay, they can see an intriguing castlelike structure with a drawbridge. Gossipy Mrs. Hemstead at the village tearoom insists that Moonstone Castle is haunted. Curious, the three girls attempt to explore the abandoned castle, but an ominous voice warns them away.Other strange happenings in Deep River convince Nancy that there is a connection between Moonstone Castle and the mysterious moonstone gift. But what is the significance? And where d

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Book SynopsisThough warned to stay away, Nancy travels to Scotland to visit her great-grandmother and solve the mystery of a missing family heirloom

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Book SynopsisWhen Nancy Drew and 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. Uncle John also relates the weird family saga of a lost French wedding gown and valuable gifts which went to the bottom of a nearby cove in the sinking of the Lucy Belle a hundred years before. Could there possibly be some connection between the phantom and the old ship disaster? Nancy wonders.In between enjoying the university’s June Week boat races, river pageant, and fraternity dances, Nancy and her friends work diligently to solve the mystery of Pine Hill and to find the long-lost wedding treasures.

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Book SynopsisNancy''s search for ninety-nine steps leads her to Paris and an exciting adventure in blackmail and alchemy

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Book SynopsisThrilling, dangerous adventures confront Nancy Drew while on a safari in East Africa with a group of American college students. Excitement runs high as the teen-age detective delves into the theft of a fabulous sapphire formed by nature millions of years ago. The mystery starts in Nancy’s home town. Her lawyer father’s client, Floyd Ramsay, who fashions beautiful and unusual synthetic gems, is accused of stealing the magnificent spider sapphire and exhibiting it as his own creation. Mr. Ramsay’s enemies blackmail him and by their vicious acts try to deter Nancy from going on the safari.Readers will join Nancy as she uncovers a nefarious scheme and solves the strange disappearance of an injured jungle guide.

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Book SynopsisDespite a mysterious telephone call Nancy and a group of friends engage in a ghost hunt

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Book SynopsisNancy Drew''s search for her father''s mysterious Turkish client leads her to exotic Istanbul

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Book SynopsisNancy and her friends Bess and George spend an exciting week exploring a mysterious zigzag house with its fantastically crooked staircase, its bizarre serpent picture, and an unpredictable robot that nearly causes the young detective to lose her life. But despite the threat of danger from the robot, Nancy is determined to solve the mystery of the weird house and to locate the missing owner who is wanted by the police. It takes keen logic and quick thinking for the young detective to plow through the tangled thicket of clues and find the key to this complex puzzle. With the help of her friends, Nancy captures an elusive swindler and uncovers the secret of the crooked banister, but not before they have several hair-raising adventures - one on a broken bridge over flaming water, another in a hidden room with poisoned portraits!

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Book SynopsisAunt Eloise Drew invited Nancy and her friends to Mirror Bay Bide-a-Wee cabin near Cooperstown, New York, for a visit and a chance to solve the mystery of the woman who glides across the water. Upon their arrival, Nancy becomes mixed up in a vacation hoax and is nearly arrested for fraud.On the wooded mountain near the cabin further exciting events await Nancy and the other girls. In the deep forest, a weird luminescent green sorcerer appears who threatens to cast an evil spell on anyone investigating his strange activities. In a dangerous twist of circumstances Nancy finds that solving one mystery helps to solve another. What happens when the young detective and her friends uncover a cleverly concealed criminal operation?

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Book SynopsisWhen Nancy Drew eagerly agrees to help her lawyer father solve the mystery of the glowing eye, she has no way of knowing that it will involve the kidnapping of her close friend Ned Nickerson. A puzzling note in Ned?s handwriting set Nancy and her friends Bess and George on a hazardous search for a bizarre criminal. From their base of operations, the Emerson College campus, the three girl detectives and Ned?s college pals follow a maze of clues to locate the kidnapper?s hideout and rescue Ned. Not only is Nancy greatly worried about Ned, but also she is alarmed by the high-handed methods of a woman lawyer who tries to take the case away from her.Readers will follow Nancy?s exciting adventures as she unravels this dangerous web of mystery.

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Book SynopsisA sheep farmer receives a mysterious telephone call shortly after he buys a series of pictures painted on parchment. “Decipher the message in the parchment and right a great wrong,” the voice says. Puzzled, the owner asks Nancy to help.With Junie, his daughter, Nancy tracks down a kidnapper and a group of extortionists. Is there a connection between the message in the parchment and a boy artist on another farm? And who is responsible for the atmosphere of fear in the neighborhood? After several harrowing experiences, Nancy begins to tighten the net around a ruthless villain and calls on the assistance of her friends Ned, Burt, Dave, Bess and George to bring his nefarious scheme to a dead end.

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Book SynopsisIn a response to a friend’s call for help, Nancy’s father, a lawyer, asks her to travel to mysterious Crocodile Island with her friends Bes and George to study the reptiles and try to uncover a group of suspected poachers.Upon their arrival in Florida, the girls are kidnapped but cleverly escape to pursue their detective work. Dangers mount as they cope with reptiles, enemy boats, and exciting chases after the men who are responsible for a sinister racket that involves many unsuspecting victims. In the end, Nancy makes a bold move to untangle the mass of clues, but she and Ned become imprisoned in the enemy’s submarine and are held for ransom!

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Book SynopsisTogether 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.

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Book SynopsisThe Nancy Drew Starter Set is the perfect gift for aspiring detectives, or longtime fans of the series!   The first five books in this iconic series are packaged together in a collectible box set with an updated design. Titles included are #1 The Secret of the Old Clock, #2 The Hidden Staircase, #3 The Bungalow Mystery, #4 The Mystery at Lilac Inn, and #5 The Secret of Shadow Ranch.   Teenage sleuth Nancy Drew is a beloved cultural figure and noted inspiration for generations of women, including Sonia Sotomayor, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Hillary Clinton.

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Book SynopsisNancy Drew has to help Mr Crowley's friends find his missing will before the evil Topham family steals his full inheritance.

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Book SynopsisNancy Drew has to find the mysterious ghost that seems to be haunting Twin Elms, and make sure no more prized possessions disappear from under her nose.

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Book SynopsisA special treat for Nancy Drew fans, and any reader who's new to the series! We're releasing a stunning new edition of an old favorite: The Bungalow Mystery, the third book in the incredibly popular, long-running series. It's the same exciting mystery that readers have fallen in love with for more than 80 years—Nancy Drew has to help Laura Pendelton retrieve her family jewels, but they have to act quickly! Now with a brand-new look, this is an edition that collectors won't want to miss!

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Book SynopsisA special treat for Nancy Drew fans, and any reader who's new to the series! We're releasing a stunning new edition of an old favorite: The Mystery at Lilac Inn, the fourth book in the incredibly popular, long-running series. It's the same exciting mystery that readers have fallen in love with for more than 80 years—Nancy Drew has to help Emily and Dick reverse the jinx on Lilac Inn before something terrible happens. Now with a brand-new look, this is an edition that collectors won't want to miss!

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Book SynopsisNancy is looking forward to a fun-filled vacation at Shadow Ranch, but she soon finds herself involved in solving a baffling mystery.

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Book SynopsisNancy and her friends must unravel the secrets of mysterious conspiracy and track down a ring of counterfeiters.

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Book SynopsisNancy must figure out the connection between a mysterious diary and a suspicious house fire.

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Book SynopsisWhen Nancy receives a letter informing her she’s heir to a fortune, she decides to track down the sender, as well as the other Nancy Drew.

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Book SynopsisNancy attends the Midwest Grand Prix Dressage Championships, and quickly learns that fine horses generate big money, turning friendly competition into a very nasty business.

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Book SynopsisNancy and her friends laugh at the notion, published in the "National Snooper" magazine, that the queen of the planet Zagon has arrived on Earth, until the next day, when their substitute teacher turns out to be a Mrs. Zagon.

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Book SynopsisBess unwraps a candy bar with a $1 million prize ticket inside, but she learns that someone has already redeemed the winnings, and the company asks Nancy to investigate.

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Book SynopsisAnother adventure involving the ever-popular girl detective, Nancy Drew

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Book SynopsisWhen someone erases her name from a sign up list for skating flower girls, Nancy investigates.

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Book SynopsisNancy's new puppy is a dream come true, until Hannah's fresh-baked muffins turn up missing and the puppy is blamed for stealing them, so Nancy is forced to do some detective work to find out who the real thief is.

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Book SynopsisPut in charge of holding the money that her class has collected to buy their teacher a wedding gift, Bess is horrified when the money is stolen.

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Book SynopsisNancy has to find out who is playing the dirty tricks because if everybody's mad, nobody wins.

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Book SynopsisNancy, Bess, and George's skiing weekend is disrupted by a gang of bratty boys and a mysterious, pushy prankster on the mountain, and Nancy must come to the rescue when George's lucky necklace disappears.

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Book SynopsisWhen her lemonade stand is threatened by a lemon-stealing bandit, Nancy wonders who could possible want to steal a box of lemons and searches for clues in a surprising place.

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Book SynopsisWhen a prized collection of teddy bears is stolen from Beary Wonderful, a toy and teddy bear shop where Bess is working, Nancy Drew investigates and discovers that the theft is only the tip of the iceberg.

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Book SynopsisWhen someone steals the invitations for Rebecca Ramirez's birthday slumber party, Nancy Drew promises to find them.

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