The Hidden Window Mystery

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The Hidden Window Mystery
Author Carolyn Keene
Country United States
Language English
Series Nancy Drew stories
Genre(s) Detective, Mystery novel
Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date 1956
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN NA
Preceded by Nancy Drew: The Witch Tree Symbol
Followed by Nancy Drew: The Haunted Showboat

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

[edit] Plot summary

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?

How Nancy solves these mysteries and locates the stained-glass window will keep the readers on edge for many hours.