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Nancy Drew Files #74 Greek Odyssey Carolyn Keene Chapter One “THIS IS EXACTLY what we need,” Bess Marvin declared. She combed the water out of her shiny blond hair and adjusted the straps of her red and black polka-dot bikini. “Fun in the sun on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world!” “Mykonos is gorgeous,” Nancy Drew agreed, rubbing some sunscreen onto her stomach. The hunter green ...

Nancy Drew Files #62 Easy Marks Carolyn Keene Chapter One NANCY DREW STUDIED the heavyset, balding man seated behind his wide mahogany desk. Harrison Lane was president of People’s Federal Bank, one of the largest banks in the River Heights area. As he spoke—his voice confident and self-important—Nancy knew one thing for certain. He was lying. “As a trustee of Brewster Academy, I’m very conce...

Nancy Drew #55 Mystery of Crocodile Island Carolyn Keene CHAPTER I A Risky Adventure NANCY Drew and her friend Bess Marvin were seated in the Drew living room, eagerly awaiting the arrival of Nancy's father. "I wish your dad would hurry and get here," Bess said impatiently. "Nancy, have you any idea what the trip he wants us to take h all about?" The attractive eighteen-year-old strawberry...

Nancy Drew #31 The Ringmaster's Secret Carolyn Keene CHAPTER I The Golden Charms "OH, NANCY, I worry so about your doing that trick riding," remarked Hannah Gruen, looking fondly at the slender, attractive girl in jodhpurs and tight-fitting coat. Eighteen-year-old Nancy Drew was about to leave the house for a morning riding lesson. She had paused to look at the mail on the fronthall table....

-1THE CLUE IN THE CRUMBLING WALL When Nancy is asked to find a professional dancer who disappeared several years before, the young detective becomes involved in a mystery reaching far beyond a missing-person's case. Clues lead to a huge estate which the dancer is to inherit if she can claim it in time. During Nancy's investigation at Heath Castle, she and her friends Bess Marvin and George Fayn...

Carolyn Keene Stay Tuned For Danger Chapter One “NANCY, YOU’RE DRIVING me nuts! Would you please finish that sundae? Our plane leaves in an hour!” Bess Marvin looked longingly at her friend’s dessert. Then she pulled a pink beret over her straw blond hair and reached for the matching pink jacket that was hanging on the back of her chair. Nancy Drew looked at Bess, her blue eyes sparkling with ...

Carolyn Keene Trial By Fire Chapter One “I HOPE GEORGE has a good time,” Nancy Drew said as she, her boyfriend Ned Nickerson, and Bess Marvin drove onto the expressway away from the airport. “She won’t,” Bess said. She giggled, and her long blond hair bounced around her shoulders. “George hates ruffles—and that bridesmaid’s dress is covered with them.” “Then why did she promise to be in the we...

Carolyn Keene This Side of Evil Chapter One “HEY, THIS ISN’T bad!” George Fayne exclaimed, looking around the nicely furnished apartment. “Not bad at all.” She sat down on the floor in front of the stereo and began to fiddle with the knobs, tuning in a rock music station. “Look—there’s even a VCR,” she added. “If we get bored, we can always rent a movie.” Nancy Drew shrugged out of her black l...

Carolyn Keene White Water Terror Chapter One “YOU’VE GOT TO be kidding,” Bess Marvin said. She looked up from her seat in Nancy Drew’s bedroom, where she was polishing her long, delicate nails. “I’m not going on any wilderness trip!” “But, Bess, you’ll love it,” countered her cousin George Fayne. Sitting cross-legged on her bed, Nancy Drew was engrossed in a puzzle and trying to block out the ...

Carolyn Keene Two Points to Murder Chapter One “GREAT, WE’RE ALMOST there,” Nancy Drew announced, swinging her bright blue Mustang down the interstate’s exit ramp. In the backseat, Bess Marvin giggled in excitement. “All right! Emerson College, look out! Here we come!” “You mean, look out, Emerson boys,” George Fayne teased, twisting around in the front passenger seat. “Admit it, Bess . . . yo...