The Clue of the Tapping Heels (Nancy Drew Series #16)

by Carolyn Keene

Overview

Challenging questions confort Nancy Drew when she attempts to solve the mystery of the strange tapping sounds in the house of a retired actress. Who is the tapper? How does he gain access to Miss Carter's house, despite securely locked doors and windows? Why do the tapping sounds come in Morse code? Is there a sinister motive behind the prowler's actions"?

While trying to learn the answers to these and other puzzling questions, Nancy finds her investigations complicated by the dishonest administrator of a will and by a thief who steals the actress's prize Persian cats.

How Nancy communicates with the ghostlike intruder by tap dancing in code, how she outwits three criminals wanted by the police, and how she brings happiness to Miss Carter in a romantic reunion with the actress's former leading man will thrill the lively young detective' s host of fans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780448095165
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	01/01/1939
Series:	Nancy Drew Series
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	75,987
Product dimensions:	4.94(w) x 7.56(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	710L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Carolyn Keene is a pen name used by a variety of authors for the classic Nancy Drew Mystery series. The first author to use the pseudonym was Mildred Wirt Benson, who wrote 23 of the original 30 books. Other writers who have adapted the "Carolyn Keene" moniker include Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Walter Karig, and Nancy Axelrod.