The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk
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| Author | Carolyn Keene |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Nancy Drew stories |
| Genre(s) | Detective, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
| Publication date | 1940 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | Nancy Drew: The Clue of the Tapping Heels |
| Followed by | Nancy Drew: The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion |
The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk is volume 17 in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1940 by Grosset & Dunlap.
[edit] Plot synopsis
In the original edition, Nancy plans a trip to South America with her school, Laurel Hall. Nancy's father gives her a brass bound trunk for the trip. But before she can depart, Nancy finds that someone has left her with a cat named Snowball. When Nancy is driving with her friends, she crashes into a man in another car. He gives her $100 dollars to repair her car. When she goes to a repair shop, it costs $50 to repair the car. When she comes home, the housekeeper tells her that there is a woman waiting for her named Mrs. Joslin, who said that she will not have her daughter with a detective. When Nancy says she still will come, the woman leaves. Nancy learns she has to make Doris Trenton love a man. Nancy learns that the car that crashed into her belongs to Doris. Soon, Nancy and her friends see Mrs. Joslin taking something from someone whom they presume is Mr. Joslin. Later, they see her again in a jewelry store, but she pretends not to notice them. When the store owner accuses Nancy and George of stealing jewelry, Nancy suspects that Mrs. Joslin is the thief. Suddenly, Nancy knows Mrs. Purday gave her Snowball. When Nancy sees Mrs. Joslin on the ship, Mrs. Joslin tries to take her daughter, Nestltrelda, off the ship but her daughter runs off. Meanwhile, the man from River Heights who crashed into them is also on the ship and since Doris is there, too, Bess assumes that they're in love. During the voyage, Nancy and her friends discover that Nestltrelda is nicer than her mother. "Treldey" tells them that it's her stepfather's fault that Mrs. Joslin is mean. When they go to South America, Nancy finds out two things: that she was right about Snowball, who never reappears, and that the man on the ship who had crashed into them name is Harold Sand and he lives with Mrs. Purday. So, he will be mostly by himself during the trip. Later, Nancy and Treldey meet a man, Mr. Halifax, who wants Treldy's trunk. Then Nancy finds that Doris and Harold are the same people and that Doris's father might have smuggled jewels because of bad times for his company. In the night, Nancy, Bess, and George find that three thieves want Treldey's trunk (shown in the original book). Then when they check the brass parts they find jewels. The Joslins and Mr. Halifax are arrested.
In the 1972 version, Nancy is going to New York from the Netherlands, when she sees someone spelling "-eware of Nancy Drew and Ne-" by using hand sign, Nancy only knows the hand signs for her name by hands. Her compainions Bess Marvin, George Fayne and herself meet Nelda Detweiler (another N.D.) Nancy receives a trunk, similar to her own, with the intitials N.D. on it. It doesn't belong to Nelda either. Nancy must try to solve why people are trying to steel the trunk and harm her. With the help of her friends, and Rod Havelock, she is able to solve the mystery. While Nancy is picking up clues to fit the puzzle, she needs to be cautious about her main suspect Otto August and his friend.
