Nancy Drew 02: The Hidden Staircase

Carolyn Keene

May 1930 · Nancy Drew Book 2 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

Nancy Drew and The Hidden Staircase hits the big screen in March of 2019! Read the classic book that inspired the movie!

After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Helen's Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family mansion, and they have noticed many strange things. They have heard music, thumps, and creaking noises at night, and seen eerie shadows on the walls. Could the house be haunted?

Just as soon as she hangs up the phone, a strange man visits Nancy's house to warn her and her father that they are in danger because of a case he is working on buying property for a railroad company. This warning leads Nancy and  her father Carson to search for the missing Willie Wharton, a landowner, who can prove he signed away his land to the railroad and save the railroad from a lawsuit. Will Nancy be able to find the missing landowner and discover how these mysteries are related?

Ratings and reviews

Found a lot of typos throughout the book and the ending seems to cut short after the story drags on. Many of the loose-ends to this story are also left untold. It is an older and simplistic book that would be suitable for young adults and older children.

when i was reading this book , i thought that nancy's father will never be released. as i was turning over the pages, i was travelling from place 2 place along with nancy, bess & george.each & every page had some thrilling lines which made nancy & me both of us shocking spectators. thank god that at last twin elms is not 2 be sold...! i made a wish this new year that i hope to complete reading all nancy drew books because they r toooooo much thrilling & MYSTERIOUS....!

I read this book from the library for free but it's so suspend full and interesting I couldn't put the book down until I was done. I definitely reccomend

About the author

Carolyn Keene is a pen name used by a variety of authors for the classic Nancy Drew mystery series. The first author to use the pseudonym was Mildred Wirt Benson, who wrote 23 of the original 30 books. Other writers who have adapted the “Carolyn Keene” moniker include Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Walter Karig, and Nancy Axelrod.