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Nancy must find the answer to why someone is destroying the wildlife in a refuge in the Rocky Mountains.

Kidnapped while trying to investigate the sinking of three freighters, Nancy finds herself on a hacienda in Colombia, where with the help of two friends, she tries to unravel the mysterious connection between the sunken ships and the strange events at the hacienda.

Nancy 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.

Nancy and her friends are out to find a comedian’s saboteur in this seventeenth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to the classic mystery series. Nancy’s boyfriend, Ned, has recently started his own podcast called NedTalks and he just got his big break. Up and coming comedian Brady Owens has agreed to sit down for an interview. And this isn’t just any interview; it’s the first interview Brady has given since a video of him lashing out at an audience member went viral. Now people are protesting his shows and calling him violent. Nancy agrees to help out with the technical stuff so Ned can focus on the hard-hitting questions. But when they go to meet the interviewee they find Brady’s hotel room trashed—and no comedian in sight. Luckily, they find Brady unhurt and nothing of monetary value is missing from the room. Only his notebook of new material is gone. Brady says he knows it’s the people who’ve seen the video of him yelling. They think he’s dangerous and doesn’t deserve a platform. He wishes it would all blow over. Nancy disagrees with Brady. She thinks he should apologize to the crowd and admit that he crossed a line. But she recognizes a person in need of help when she sees one and agrees to get to the bottom of this sabotage anyway. Complex social media charts, undercover outfits, and intense button study send Nancy, Bess, George, and Ned on a wild ride through River Heights to uncover the truth. But nothing is what it seems in this game of comedic timing. Can Nancy find the culprit before it’s too late?

Nancy suspects that sabotage in a chain of West Coast shops selling imported art objects is connected with the theft of a valuable Eskimo sculpture.

Nancy Drew is on a white water adventure that soon becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse.

In search of a saboteur, Nancy finds that every desert trail leads to danger.

Nancy, George, and Bess attend the grand opening of a new spa in town. However, it seems someone's trying to bring the spa down when the food is tampered with and little critters show up on the scrub brushes. Nancy tosses her loofah and gets to work.

Nancy Drew and friends Bess and George are all geared up for a bike tour in Ireland, looking forward to the scenery, romantic ruins, entertainment, and cozy inns. But soon the three friends realize that from the moment they arrived, someone seems to be targeting the tour members.An Accelerated Reader® title for ages 8 to 12.

In 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!

The Bungalow Mystery is the third Nancy Drew novel, first published in 1930, and expands the scope of the series beyond enclosed houses and inheritance disputes. While traveling along the coast, Nancy Drew becomes involved in a case centered on a secluded bungalow, a missing inheritance and a family whose history has been deliberately obscured. What initially appears to be a simple question of ownership soon reveals layers of deception, false identities and concealed relationships. As Nancy investigates, she navigates unfamiliar surroundings and social boundaries with the same calm authority that defined her earlier cases. Her inquiry exposes how displacement and uncertainty can be exploited, and how clarity emerges through persistence and observation rather than assumption. This edition presents the original 1930 text, accompanied by a contemporary foreword and structured summary notes designed to support clarity while preserving the integrity of the narrative. The Bungalow Mystery marks an important step in the development of Nancy Drew as a mobile, self-directed investigator whose confidence extends beyond any single setting.