The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion
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| Author | Carolyn Keene |
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| Language | English |
| Series | 18 |
| Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
| Released | 1941 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-448-09518-1 |
| Preceded by | Nancy Drew: The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk |
| Followed by | Nancy Drew: The Quest of the Missing Map |
The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion is a Nancy Drew novel first published in 1941. The revised and updated edition first published in 1971 is essentially a new story with the same title.
[edit] Plot Summary
In the original 1941 version, Nancy's father has her help him track down a missing heiress and Nancy, Bess and George stumble upon a mysterious moss-covered mansion. They later hear that someone was murdered near the mansion and they repeatedly hear strange noises coming from inside.
In the 1971 revision (which was retitled "Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion"), a friend of Nancy's father has been arrested and charged with sending a truck loaded with explosive oranges into the Space Center complex at Cape Kennedy. Knowing that he could not possibly be guilty of sabotage, Nancy and her father rush to the defense of the accused innocent man.
During the Drews' investigation, Nancy becomes suspicious of an old, spooky mansion. Behind a high, steel-mesh enclosure fierce African wild animals roam over the extensive grounds. The clever teen-age detective discovers that something besides the training of wild animals is going on at the mysterious moss-covered mansion estate.
