The Clue in the Crossword Cipher
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Author | Carolyn Keene |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Juvenile literature |
Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date | 1967 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | It is located in Peru where she solved the mystery. |
ISBN | 0-448-09544-0 |
OCLC | 27866939 |
Preceded by | The Mystery of the 99 Steps |
Followed by | The Spider Sapphire Mystery |
The Clue in the Crossword Cipher is the forty-fourth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1967 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.
Plot
A woman named Carla Ponce invites Nancy, Bess, and George to Peru to help decipher the mystery in the crossword cipher—a wooden plaque that promises to lead them to a wonderful treasure. Nancy must find the treasure before a gang of thieves lead by El Gato (The Cat) reach it first.