The Double Jinx Mystery

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Nancy Drew: The Double Jinx Mystery

Author	Carolyn Keene
Language	English
Series	Nancy Drew mysteries
Genre(s)	Young adult novel
Publisher	Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date	1973
ISBN	ISBN 0-448-09550-5
Preceded by	Nancy Drew: The Secret of Mirror Bay
Followed by	Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Glowing Eye

The Double Jinx Mystery is the fiftieth volume in the Nancy Drew mystery series. It was first published in 1973 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

[edit] Plot summary

A bird of ill omen is mysteriously left on the Drew's front lawn. Did the person who put it there do do with the intent of jinxing Nancy and her father?

This strange incident involves Nancy in her famous lawyer-father's case concerning a rare bird farm threatened with destruction to make room for a high-rise apartment house complex. Persons opposed to the ruthless take-over of the farm are being made the frightened victims on jinxing by bad luck symbols and other threats to their safety. Even Nancy and her friend Ned Nickerson become targets!

Nancy soon realizes that helping honest people to overcome their superstitions and fear can be as challenging as tracking down down criminals. The young detective's thrilling adventures will keep the reader in breathless suspense from the first page to last.

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Nancy Drew

The Series' and Novels

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories

1930s	The Secret of the Old Clock (1930) · The Hidden Staircase (1930) · The Bungalow Mystery ((1930) · The Mystery at Lilac Inn (1931) · The Secret at Shadow Ranch (1931) · The Secret of Red Gate Farm (1931) · The Clue in the Diary (1932) · Nancy's Mysterious Letter (1932) · The Sign of the Twisted Candles (1933) · The Password to Larkspur Lane (1933) · The Clue of the Broken Locket (1934) · The Message in the Hollow Oak (1935) · The Mystery of the Ivory Charm (1936) · The Whispering Statue (1937) · The Haunted Bridge (1937) · The Clue of the Tapping Heels (1939)

1940s	The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (1940) · The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion (1941) · The Quest of the Missing Map (1942) · The Clue in the Jewel Box (1943) · The Secret in the Old Attic (1944) · The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (1945) · The Mystery of the Tolling Bell (1946) · The Clue in the Old Album (1947) · The Ghost of Blackwood Hall (1948) · The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (1949)

1950s	The Secret of the Wooden Lady (1950) · The Clue of the Black Keys (1951) · The Mystery at the Ski Jump (1952) · The Clue of the Velvet Mask (1953) · The Ringmaster's Secret (1953) · The Scarlet Slipper Mystery (1954) · The Witch Tree Symbol (1955) · The Hidden Window Mystery (1956) · The Haunted Showboat (1957) · The Secret of the Golden Pavilion (1959)

1960s	The Clue in the Old Stagecoach (1960) · The Mystery of the Fire Dragon (1961) · The Clue of the Dancing Puppet (1962) · The Moonstone Castle Mystery (1963) · The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes (1964) · The Phantom of Pine Hill (1965) · The Mystery of the 99 Steps (1966) · The Clue in the Crossword Cipher (1967) · The Spider Sapphire Mystery (1968) · The Invisible Intruder (1969)

1970s	The Mysterious Mannequin (1970) · The Crooked Banister (1971) · The Secret of Mirror Bay (1972) · The Double Jinx Mystery (1973) · Mystery of the Glowing Eye (1974) · The Secret of the Forgotten City (1975) · The Sky Phantom (1976) · The Strange Message in the Parchment (1977) · Mystery of Crocodile Island (1978) · The Thirteenth Pearl (1979) · The Triple Hoax (1979)

1980s	The Flying Saucer Mystery (1980) · The Secret in the Old Lace (1980) · The Greek Symbol Mystery (1980) · The Swami's Ring (1981) · The Kachina Doll Mystery (1981) · The Twin Dilemma (1981) · Captive Witness (1981) · Race Against Time (1982) · The Case of the Rising Stars (1988)

1990s	The Treasure in the Royal Tower (1995) · The Wedding Day Mystery (1997) • The E-mail Mystery (1998)

2000s	Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland (2003)

The Nancy Drew Files

Secrets Can Kill, etc.

The Nancy Drew Notebooks,
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew

The Slumber Party Secret, etc.
Sleepover Sleuths, etc.

Nancy Drew On Campus

New Lives, New Loves, etc.

Nancy Drew (All New) Girl Detective,
Papercutz' Girl Detective graphic novels

Without a Trace · A Race Against Time, etc.

Where's Nancy?, etc.

The Demon of River Heights

Hardy Boys Crossovers

Super Sleuth · Be a Detective · SuperMysteries · Super Mysteries

Video Games

Secrets Can Kill (1998) · Stay Tuned for Danger (1999) · Message in a Haunted Mansion (2000) · Message in a Haunted Mansion (GBA) (2001) · Treasure in the Royal Tower (2001) · The Final Scene (2001) · Secret of the Scarlet Hand (2002) · Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake (2002) · The Haunted Carousel (2003) · Danger on Deception Island (2003) · The Secret of Shadow Ranch (2004) · Curse of Blackmoor Manor (2004) · Secret of the Old Clock (2005) · Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon (2005) · Danger By Design (2006) · The Creature of Kapu Cave (2006) · White Wolf of Icicle Creek (2007) · Legend of the Crystal Skull (2007) · The Phantom of Venice (2008)

Other Works

Nancy Drew (2007 film) · The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries · Supermystery · The Nancy Drew Files · Girl Detective

Characters