The Secret of the Old Clock (Merjironest Press Edition)

Mischievously, Nancy reached over and tweaked his ear. "You weren't paying a bit of attention," she accused him sternly. "I was saying I think it's mean if those snobbish Tophams fall heir to all of Josiah Crowley's fortune. Can't something be done about it?" Everyone knows of Nancy Drew. But have you met her original version? Written by Mildred Wirt Benson under the famed pseudonym Carolyn Keene, the original Nancy Drew is sixteen, self-confident, and occasional sassy. She, her lawyer father, her housekeeper Hannah, and her friends face danger and mystery in her debut. Will she find out the secret of the old clock?