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Автор: Mabel Maney
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isbn: 9781472090737
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       16 “Look Out!”

       17 A Startling Confession

       18 Eureka!

       19 Unexpected Guests

       20 A Frantic Phone Call

       21 “O, Nebraska!”

       22 At Long Last, Iowa

       23 A Surprising Encounter

       24 Eager Anticipation

       25 A Queer Quiz

       26 Crossing the Mississippi

       27 A Delightful Surprise

       28 A Creepy Tale

       29 “Bess? Bees?”

       30 Purloined Letters

       31 The Search for Nancy

       32 Conflicting Reports

       33 A Frightful Encounter

       34 A Meddling Matron

       35 Nancy’s Return

       36 A Sudden Cry

       37 A Rocky Romance?

       38 A Scandalous Story

       39 A Fabulous Fellow

       40 A Sudden Awakening

       41 A Warning

       42 A Delightful Discovery

       43 Follow That Car!

       44 An Exhaustive Search

       45 A Sudden Realization

       46 A Shocking Rumor

       47 The State of Illinois v. Hannah P. Gruel

       48 Drop That Moose!

       49 The Secret Revealed

       50 Trouble!

       51 An Agonizing Decision

      Thrilling Chapters from Your Favorite Nancy Clue Mysteries!

       The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse

       Nancy Clue and the Hardly Boys in A Ghost in the Closet

       Endpages

       Copyright

       CHAPTER 1

       A Maddening Mishap

      Pretty, titian-haired detective Nancy Clue, known to all for her keen sleuthing abilities, up-to-the-minute fashion sense, and gracious finishing-school manners, kicked the right front tire of her modern convertible in frustration and burst into tears.

      “I can’t believe it! This is the second time today something has happened to this automobile! First that tire blew in Boise, and now this! Oh, it’s maddening!” Nancy sobbed.

      The attractive girl, clad in a simple powder blue summer skirt and crisp white blouse with a Peter Pan collar that gave her a charmingly innocent air, flung herself over the front of the snappy automobile and gave way to a fervent fit of wailing that made her traveling companions jump back in alarm.

      The four girls accompanying her on the trip looked at each other in bewilderment. Just minutes before, Nancy had been leading the group in a merry sing-along, and now she was writhing on the hood of her 1959 canary yellow Chrysler convertible, tears streaming down her pretty face.

      They had just finished a rousing round of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” when the car had hit a rather large rock and made the most awful clanking noise before rolling to a dead stop at the side of the road. And just when they had almost reached Pocatello, Idaho, where they’d planned to stop for a nice supper before driving across the border to the majestic mountain state of Wyoming.

      Nurse Cherry Aimless, Nancy’s close chum and a native Idahoan, had warned them to use caution while traversing the roadways of eastern Idaho, but the five girls had been so engrossed in their own amusements, they had become careless. Cherry scolded herself for not paying closer attention. She knew from her many experiences during family car trips to keep an eye out for the rocky road ahead. Now, just hours into their trip, their automobile was damaged, perhaps beyond repair!

      “And Nancy’s on the verge of hysteria,” Cherry noted with her keen nurse’s eye. “Not only that, she’s in danger of becoming downright mussed,” she thought in alarm.

      Under normal circumstances,