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4.5/5 Barnes & Noble Country United States ISBN 0-448-09544-0 Originally published 1967 Genre Children's literature | 3.9/5 Goodreads 3.9/5 AbeBooks Language English OCLC 27866939 Illustrator Albert Chazelle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Similar Carolyn Keene books, Nancy Drew Mystery Stories books, Mystery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 led by El Gato (The Cat) reach it first.
References
The Clue in the Crossword Cipher Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA