Mystery of Crocodile Island

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Mystery of Crocodile Island

Author	Carolyn Keene
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Nancy Drew Stories
Genre(s)	Detective, Mystery novel
Publisher	Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date	1978
ISBN	ISBN 0-448-09555-6
Preceded by	Nancy Drew: The Strange Message in the Parchment
Followed by	Nancy Drew: The Thirteenth Pearl

Mystery of Crocodile Island is the fifty-fifth volume in the Nancy Drew mystery series. It was first published in 1978 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

[edit] Plot summary

In a response to a friend's call for help, Nancy's father, a lawyer, asks her to travel to mysterious Crocodile Island with her friends Bess and George to study the reptiles and try to uncover a group of suspected poachers.

Upon their arrival in Florida, the girls are kidnapped but cleverly escape to pursue their detective work. Dangers mount as they cope with reptiles, enemy boats, and exciting chases after the men who are responsible for a sinister racket that involves many unsuspecting victims. In the end, Nancy makes a bold move to untangle the mass of clues. She and Ned become imprisoned in the enemy's submarine and are held for ransom!

How Nancy and Ned are saved and the tables turned on the owners of Crocodile Island are left for the reader to discover.

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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories

1930s	The Secret of the Old Clock (1930) · The Hidden Staircase (1930) · The Bungalow Mystery ((1930) · The Mystery at Lilac Inn (1931) · The Secret at Shadow Ranch (1931) · The Secret of Red Gate Farm (1931) · The Clue in the Diary (1932) · Nancy's Mysterious Letter (1932) · The Sign of the Twisted Candles (1933) · The Password to Larkspur Lane (1933) · The Clue of the Broken Locket (1934) · The Message in the Hollow Oak (1935) · The Mystery of the Ivory Charm (1936) · The Whispering Statue (1937) · The Haunted Bridge (1937) · The Clue of the Tapping Heels (1939)

1940s	The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (1940) · The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion (1941) · The Quest of the Missing Map (1942) · The Clue in the Jewel Box (1943) · The Secret in the Old Attic (1944) · The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (1945) · The Mystery of the Tolling Bell (1946) · The Clue in the Old Album (1947) · The Ghost of Blackwood Hall (1948) · The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (1949)

1950s	The Secret of the Wooden Lady (1950) · The Clue of the Black Keys (1951) · The Mystery at the Ski Jump (1952) · The Clue of the Velvet Mask (1953) · The Ringmaster's Secret (1953) · The Scarlet Slipper Mystery (1954) · The Witch Tree Symbol (1955) · The Hidden Window Mystery (1956) · The Haunted Showboat (1957) · The Secret of the Golden Pavilion (1959)

1960s	The Clue in the Old Stagecoach (1960) · The Mystery of the Fire Dragon (1961) · The Clue of the Dancing Puppet (1962) · The Moonstone Castle Mystery (1963) · The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes (1964) · The Phantom of Pine Hill (1965) · The Mystery of the 99 Steps (1966) · The Clue in the Crossword Cipher (1967) · The Spider Sapphire Mystery (1968) · The Invisible Intruder (1969)

1970s	The Mysterious Mannequin (1970) · The Crooked Banister (1971) · The Secret of Mirror Bay (1972) · The Double Jinx Mystery (1973) · Mystery of the Glowing Eye (1974) · The Secret of the Forgotten City (1975) · The Sky Phantom (1976) · The Strange Message in the Parchment (1977) · Mystery of Crocodile Island (1978) · The Thirteenth Pearl (1979) · The Triple Hoax (1979)

1980s	The Flying Saucer Mystery (1980) · The Secret in the Old Lace (1980) · The Greek Symbol Mystery (1980) · The Swami's Ring (1981) · The Kachina Doll Mystery (1981) · The Twin Dilemma (1981) · Captive Witness (1981) · Race Against Time (1982) · The Case of the Rising Stars (1988)

1990s	The Treasure in the Royal Tower (1995) · The Wedding Day Mystery (1997) • The E-mail Mystery (1998)

2000s	Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland (2003)

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