New Releases by Carolyn Keene

The exciting "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories" "RM" compilation includes The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase, and The Bungalow Mystery. Full of action, intrigue, and adventure, these three stories were the first Nancy Drew books ever published, initiating generations of readers into the wonderful world of the intrepid "girl detective" for whom no mystery was too puzzling to solve.

Nancy, Bess, and George travel to a nature preserve in Costa Rica where they investigate why many of the monkeys have mysteriously disappeared from this area.

Sleuth Nancy Drew and her friends travel to Utah in search of hiking and biking, but instead they end up searching for missing park ranger.

Another Nancy Drew mystery.

Nancy tries to crack the case of a stolen Faberge egg while also tracking down a vegetable garden vandal.

Nancy gets the big picture from a really tiny clue! Nancy and her friends love Mr. Lizard''s Funhouse -- it''s their favorite TV show. But now Mr. Lizard is going to be replaced -- by a cooking show! Nancy gets the kids in school to sign a petition to save the Show, but when she brings it to the TV station, it says in big purple letters, "Get rid of Mr. Lizard!" From the lunch lady to a science whiz kid, anyone in school Could have written the nasty note. Then Nancy''s father gives her a special gift -- a magnifying glass. It''s just the thing for an upclose look at her best clue -- a distinctive purple fingerprint!

DELVING INTO THE HISTORY OF AN OLD ESTATE, NANCY INHERITS A DANGEROUS LEGACY! The vintage blue satin jacket Nancy just purchased suits her perfectly. But an old safe-deposit receipt and a brass key sewn into the jacket''s pocket lining spark her interest as well. Her friends Bess and George agree that the concealed key needs some investigation. Nancy''s quest soon leads her to Haddon Hall, a boarding school that was once a grand estate. Several strangers are much too interested in getting Nancy''s brass key, and she suspects there''s a hidden legacy of wealth to be unveiled. Nancy has to use every ingenious trick she knows to unravel the estate''s secrets. As she draws closer to the truth, she''s suddenly square in the face of danger -- trapped alone in the woods and facing a very determined enemy!

In her first three adventures, Nancy Drew investigates her father''s kidnapping, searches for a missing will, and tries to help the mysterious girl who saved her life.

Nancy must find out if real ghosts are haunting Persimmon Woods Pioneer village or if someone is out to destroy the village.

Nancy finds an old diary in her house with secret clues and hiding places around town.

"Nancy uncovers intrigue on the internet and the password is danger"--Cover.

Nancy wants to have a lemonade stand in the park, but someone took her lemons.

Nancy's puppy is blamed when chocolate chip muffins go missing, and Nancy must follow clues to prove his innocence and find the real culprit.

Nancy, Frank, and Joe investigate the murder of a real estate king's ward in Philadelphia. Nancy believes the accused is innocent while Frank and Joe believe he is guilty.

Nancy Drew loses her special detective notebook and everyone wants to find it.

Nancy prepares for her dance recital, but the ballet music is missing.

Nancy sets out to locate a kidnapped actress and to clear one of her father''s clients, a renowned photographer, accused of stealing ideas for his images.

A quest for pirate treasure takes clever detective Nancy Drew and her friends to a small island in the Bahamas.

The future freedom of ten orphans is in Nancy's hands!

A rare Chinese vase is stolen from a pottery shop. Nancy and the owner of the shop feel that locating "the leaning chimney" will provide the clue to the vase and other stolen articles.

Blue bells will be singing horses! This strange message, attached to the leg of a wounded homing pigeon, involves Nancy Drew in a dangerous mission. Somewhere an elderly woman is being held prisoner in a mansion, and Nancy is determined to find and free her. Meanwhile, the young detective’s close friend, Helen, begs her to solve a second mystery. Helen’s grandparents, the Cornings, are frightened by a sinister wheel of blue fire that appears after dark in the woods outside their home at lonely Sylvan Lake. When Nancy discovers the significance of the eerie signal, she also learns that her two mysteries are connected.

A magazine article offering a large reward to anyone who can find a missing medieval stained-glass window intrigues Nancy. She asks Bess and George to join her on a search in Charlottesville, Virginia. Before the three friends leave River Heights, their adversary tries to get them to postpone the trip. But no luck. Nancy is determined to carry through her plans. During the girls' investigation of old southern mansions, they encounter a ghost who turns the tables and makes them disappear. Eerie sounds come from a beautiful estate that is surrounded by a high brick wall. Why will the owner allow no one to enter?

Challenging questions confront Nancy Drew when she attempts to solve the mystery of the strange tapping sounds in the house of a retired actress. Who is the tapper? How does he gain access to Miss Carter’s house, despite securely locked doors and windows? Why do the tapping sounds come in Morse code? Is there a sinister motive behind the prowler’s actions? While trying to learn the answers to these and other puzzling questions, Nancy finds her investigations complicated by the dishonest administrator of a will and by a thief who steals the actress’s prize Persian cats.

What secret life-giving power does the exquisite ivory elephant charm contain? Can the trinket really protect its wearer from all harm? Nancy Drew finds out when the owner of the Bengleton Wild-Animal Show asks her to investigate one of the performers who may be involved in some mysterious illegal scheme.The girl detective’s assignment becomes complicated when the elephant trainer’s young assistant, Rishi, seeks refuge at the Drew home from his cruel foster father, Rai.While following clues to help the boy find his real father, Nancy learns about an eerie abandoned house. She is harassed by its strange owner, Anita Allison, and the fiendish Rai. How Nancy uses the ivory charm, reunites a maharaja with his son, and brings the evildoers to justice will mystify readers from beginning to end.