Nancy Drew 48: the Crooked Banister
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Carolyn Keene
Nancy 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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Author
Carolyn Keene
Pages
192
Publisher
National Geographic Books
Published Date
1971-01-01
ISBN
0448095483 9780448095486
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"This is in my top five Nancy Drew books though I haven't read them all just for its truly bizarre story. A reclusive architect who built a house backward and a robot are just two of the things that make this book insanely original to Nancy Drew and so fun. I recently reread this during the pandemic and it held up from childhood. I realized this was one I didn't own and immediately bought it. I feel it stands out among the others in the series. If you were to only read a few books in the Nancy Drew series, I'd recommend this be one of them."
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