"Keene, Carolyn - Nancy Drew 022 - The Clue in the Crumbling Wall" - читать интересную книгу автора (Keene Carolyn)

XIII TREASURE!
XIV Cinderella's Slipper
XV Salty's Plight
XVI News OF Juliana
XVII KiDNAPPED!
XVIII Tower Trouble
XIX Release and Capture
XX A Last Surprise

CHAPTER I

An Urgent Request

"Hurry, Nancy!" Hannah Gruen called anx-
iously. The Drews' housekeeper held the front
door open as jagged lightning cut the sky.
Nancy raced madly toward the door, her red-
dish-blond hair flying in the wind. "Made it!" she
gasped, laughing, as great drops of rain pelted
the driveway.
The attractive, eighteen-year-old girl stepped
into the hall and stopped in surprise. Behind
Hannah stood a slender young policewoman in a
blue uniform.
"This is Lieutenant Masters, dear," said Han-
nah. "She arrived just before your car turned into
the driveway."
"I can't stay long. Nancy," the officer said, "so
I'll come right to the point. Will you help solve a
mystery?" The woman's dark eyes gazed into
Nancy's steadily. "I'm sure you can do it."
Nancy was amazed, but merely said, "I'd like
to hear about it. Won't you come in and sit
down?" She led the officer into the living room.
Nancy's zest for adventure came to her nat-
urally from her father, Carson Drew, a well-
known lawyer. While helping him, she had solved
her first case. The Secret of the Old Clock. Since
then she had been successful in finding the solu-
tions to several mysteries, the most recent one
The Secret in the Old Attic. By now Nancy had
an outstanding reputation, even with the police,
as an amateur sleuth.
"Chief McGinnis recommended that I ask
you," Lieutenant Masters said, seating herself on
the sofa. "He told me you have great insight into
character." The trim, dark-haired officer ex-
plained that she had just joined the River Heights
Police Department. "This case is related to one
of mine. I'm in charge of juvenile offenders."