Nancy Drew Mystery Stories

254 primary works • 286 total works

A Race Against Time

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 January 1982

If I'm in the game, I play to win. So as captain of my team in the River Heights Biking for Bucks charity road race, my goals are to bring my team over the finish line first -- and to catch a thief along the way!

See, all of the money we raised before the race has been stolen -- and I know I can find it. With two days, practically no clues, and a bike race to win, I've got my work cut out for me. But with Bess, George, and Ned on my team, what could stand between us and the gold?

Sinister Omen

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 June 1982

While on vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Nancy and her friends help a wealthy woman plagued with burglars who don't steal anything.

The Elusive Heiress

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 January 1982

Nancy's search for the long-missing daughter of an aging millionaire takes her to Cheyenne, Wyoming, during its annual Frontier Days celebration.

Clue in the Ancient Disguise

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 January 1982

The Broken Anchor

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 May 1983

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

The Silver Cobweb

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 May 1983

Nancy's latest mystery involves golf pros, opera stars, jewelry designers, and webs and spiders.

The Silver Web

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 May 1983

The Haunted Carousel

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 January 1983

Nancy Drew finds more than one mystery to solve when she searches for the reason an amusement park carousel turns itself on during the night.

Enemy Match

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 January 1984

Nancy Drew tries to stop threats against her friend, a professional tennis player, while also searching for the girl's father and evidence which will prove he didn't commit a crime for which he's been convicted.

The Mysterious Image

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 January 1984

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.

The Emerald-Eyed Cat

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 January 1984

Kidnapped while trying to investigate the sinking of three freighters, Nancy finds herself on a hacienda in Colombia, where with the help of two friends, she tries to unravel the mysterious connection between the sunken ships and the strange events at the hacienda.

Emerald-eyed Cat Mystery

by Carolyn Keene

Published 16 May 1985

The Eskimo's Secret

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 January 1985

Nancy suspects that sabotage in a chain of West Coast shops selling imported art objects is connected with the theft of a valuable Eskimo sculpture.

The Bluebeard Room

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 January 1985

Romance and adventure await Nancy on the craggy coast of Cornwall, England. There to help a friend who could be in danger, Nancy finds more than she bargained for!

The Phantom of Venice

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 January 1985

In this thrilling adventure rife with romance and danger, Nancy travels to Venice to investigate the kidnapping of a famous glassblower and the disappearance of an artist.

The Double Horror of Fenley Place

by Carolyn Keene

Published 15 September 1987

Nancy visits a movie set and finds terror on location! World-famous director Hank Steinberg is filming a horror flick in Nancy's hometown of River Heights. The movie tells a spine-tingling story about a haunted house. Most shocking of all, though, is what's going on across the street at an old Victorian mansion called Fenley Place. Whatever happens on the movie set is mysteriously duplicated in the mansion: red smoke billows from the chimney, a ghostly figure appears in the window, and blood oozes from the walls. The special effects are a real scream, but Nancy must find out who is behind them before the movie -- and the mansion -- reach the final, horrifying climax!

The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 August 1987

The Case of the Disappearing Diamond

by Carolyn Keene

Published 2 July 2013

Mystery writer Monica Crown hires Nancy to prove her jailed daughter is innocent of a diamond heist. Can Nancy find the real culprit before it’s too late?

Mardi Gras Mystery

by Carolyn Keene

Published 2 January 1988

When Nancy and her friends travel to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Nancy is confronted by a baffling art theft-and exposes a terrible secret.

The Clue in the Camera

by Carolyn Keene

Published 1 March 1988

In The Clue in the Camera, what starts as a fun trip to San Francisco develops into a dangerous mystery when Nancy exposes the dark secrets of a dead man.