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Nancy Drew 01: The Secret of the Old Clock is the first book in the bestselling Nancy Drew series authored by Carolyn Keene. Summary of the Book In The Secret of the Old Clock, Nancy is involved in a search for a missing will. When Nancy rescues a little girl, Judy, as she was about to get run over by a speeding van, she meets the girl’s aunts Mary and Edna Turner. They have been Judy’s guardians since her parents’ death and do not have enough money to support the child. Their wealthy cousin, Josiah Crowley had promised to provide them his will. But when he died a few months earlier, all his money went to the Tophams. Nancy takes up the responsibility to investigate the potential heirs of Josiah’s fortune which leads her to an old clock in the Topham’s vacation cabin. Will Nancy be able to solve the mystery before time runs out? About Carolyn Keene Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym used by many authors of the Nancy Drew series, which was developed and produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The first writer in this series was Mildred Wirt Benson. Along with Harriet Adams, she is known to be the chief writer behind the stories. Other ghost writers include Walter Karig, Priscilla Doll, Margaret Scherf and Wilhelmina Rankin.