The Hidden Window Mystery
{{short description|1956 novel by Carolyn Keene}}
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{{Infobox book|
| name = The Hidden Window Mystery
| image = File:The Hidden Window Mystery (1956) Dust Jacket (cropped).jpg
| caption = 1st Edition Cover
| author = Carolyn Keene
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
| genre = Juvenile literature
| publisher = Grosset & Dunlap
| release_date = 1956
| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
| pages =
| preceded_by = The Witch Tree Symbol
| followed_by = The Haunted Showboat
}}
The Hidden Window Mystery is the thirty-fourth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1956 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.
Plot
Nancy and her friends, Bess and George travel to Charlottesville, Virginia, in search for a missing stained-glass window. They also visit Richmond, Virginia, and the church where Patrick Henry gave his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech. The girls stay with Nancy's cousin Susan. Nancy discovers someone is trying to keep her away from Charlottesville. The mansion they are staying at is said to be haunted by a mysterious ghost. Also Nancy's new neighbors' brother, Alonzo Rugby, is in Charlottesville and is a major suspect in this mystery.
Publication
The novel was published in 1956 by Grosset & Dunlap.{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Catherine |date=2019-10-10 |title=All 56 classic Nancy Drew books, ranked |url=https://theweek.com/articles/869414/all-56-classic-nancy-drew-books-ranked |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=The Week |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Penzler |first=Otto |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-Xd25uJs7kC&q=The+Mystery+at+the+Ski+Jump&pg=PT14 |title=The Great Detectives: The World's Most Celebrated Sleuths Unmasked by Their Authors |date=2012 |publisher=Open Road Media |isbn=978-1-4532-6640-3 |language=en}} It was the 34th Nancy Drew novel.{{Cite book |last1=Dyer |first1=Carolyn Stewart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WB5CnCXNcmAC&dq=%22the+mystery+at+the+ski+jump%22&pg=PA279 |title=Rediscovering Nancy Drew |last2=Romalov |first2=Nancy Tillman |date=1995 |publisher=University of Iowa Press |isbn=978-0-87745-501-1 |language=en}}
Reception
It was ranked 18th of the 56 classic volumes in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series by The Week.
References
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External links
- {{Internet Archive|id=hiddenwindowmyst0000caro}}
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Category:1956 children's books
Category:Novels set in Virginia
Category:Grosset & Dunlap books
Category:Children's books set in Virginia
Category:Mystery novels set in Virginia
Category:Charlottesville, Virginia in popular culture
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