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The Hidden Window Mystery
	1st Edition Cover
Author	Carolyn Keene
Language	English
Series	Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Genre	Juvenile literature
Publisher	Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date	1956
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by	The Witch Tree Symbol
Followed by	The Haunted Showboat

The Hidden Window Mystery is the thirty-fourth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1956 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

Plot

Nancy and her friends, Bess and George travel to Charlottesville, Virginia, in search for a missing stained-glass window. They also visit Richmond, Virginia, and the church where Patrick Henry gave his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech. The girls stay with Nancy's cousin Susan. Nancy discovers someone is trying to keep her away from Charlottesville. The mansion they are staying at is said to be haunted by a mysterious ghost. Also Nancy's new neighbors' brother, Alonzo Rugby, is in Charlottesville and is a major suspect in this mystery.

Publication

The novel was published in 1956 by Grosset & Dunlap.^[1]^[2] It was the 34th Nancy Drew novel.^[3]

Reception

It was ranked 18th of the 56 classic volumes in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series by The Week.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Garcia, Catherine (2019-10-10). "All 56 classic Nancy Drew books, ranked". The Week. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
^ Penzler, Otto (2012). The Great Detectives: The World's Most Celebrated Sleuths Unmasked by Their Authors. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-4532-6640-3.
^ Dyer, Carolyn Stewart; Romalov, Nancy Tillman (1995). Rediscovering Nancy Drew. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-0-87745-501-1.

External links

The Hidden Window Mystery at the Internet Archive

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[:0-1] Garcia, Catherine (2019-10-10). "All 56 classic Nancy Drew books, ranked". The Week. Retrieved 2024-02-07.

[2] Penzler, Otto (2012). The Great Detectives: The World's Most Celebrated Sleuths Unmasked by Their Authors. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-4532-6640-3.

[3] Dyer, Carolyn Stewart; Romalov, Nancy Tillman (1995). Rediscovering Nancy Drew. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-0-87745-501-1.

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