THE MOONSTONE CASTLE MYSTERY
BY
- CAROLYN KEENE
THE STORY IS LIKE...
When Nancy Drew receives a valuable moonstone as a gift from unknown person , she is amazed and puzzled. But is the only complex mystery that challenge the ingenuity of the pretty sleuth...
Why are the Bowens - The missionary couple who recently returned to United States - having so much trouble finding their missing seventeen-year old grand-daughter? Trying to uncover a clue to the orphan girl's whereabouts , Nancy and her friends travel to Deep River , the town where the young Joanie Horton lived with her guardian grandmother until Mrs.Horton 's death fourteen years ago.
From the motel where Nancy , Bess and George stay , they see in the distance and intriguing castle-like structure with a drawbridge . Gossipy Mrs. Hemstead the village tearoom insists that Moonstone Castle is haunted. Curious the three girls attempt to explore the abounded castle , but an ominous voice warns them away.
Other strange happenings in Deep River convince Nancy that there is a connection between Moonstone Castle and the mysterious moonstone gift. But what is the significance ?
And where does the baffling disappearance of Joanie Horton fit into the intricate puzzle ?
How the young detective exposes a cruel hoax that has far-reaching results make a dramatic and exciting story.....
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