The Secret of Red Gate Farm

The Secret of Red Gate Farm, a Nancy Drew book by Carlyn Keene, is 178 pages.  Nancy and her friends, Bess and George start off riding on a train back to her house and there Nancy meets a girl named Joanne.  Before they even got on the train Nancy and her two friends went shopping and her friend Bess bought a bottle of perfume but accidentally spilt some on Nancy.  On the train a man walked up to Nancy and said something strange to her and then realizing his mistake, he said that thought she was someone else because of the perfume she was wearing.  Joanne told Nancy that she was going to town to apply for a job.  Nancy goes into the building with Joanne and copies down a coded message she finds.  Afterwards Joanne invites Nancy, Bess, and George to come and stay at her farm for a while.  While there, Nancy learns about a group up on the hillside and sees there odd moonlight rituals.  Strange things happen and then Nancy begins to think that something strange is going on at the groups hillside.

The Secret of Shadow Ranch

The Secret of Shadow Ranch by Carolyn Keene is 175 pages.  It is a Nancy Drew book.  Nancy goes to Arizona to visit her friends Bess and George.  They tell her a there is a mystery at the ranch.  A mysterious ghost horse keeps showing up at the ranch and whenever it does, something bad happens later.  Nancy also learns from someone else that there is treasure involved.  Then a strange man drops a warning into Nancy's car.  Afterwards, Bess and George introduce Nancy to Alice whose father has been kidnapped.  Then Alice sees a drawing and insists that it is done by her father.  Nancy and her friends discover a cabin and think that it is the secret hideout of the kidnappers who took Alice's dad.  She also believes that the kidnappers are the one causing trouble at the ranch.

The Mystery at Lilac Inn

The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene is 182 pages.  It is a Nancy Drew book.  Nancy goes to her friend Emily's hotel.  Emily inherits diamonds from her mother, but they get stolen.  While looking for the diamonds, Nancy discovers a secret passage.  At the same time, Nancy finds out that she has a person impersonating her and stealing some of her things.  The housekeeper at the hotel starts to act strange.  Nancy witnesses her sneak away.  This makes her suspicious of the housekeeper.

The Bungalow Mystery

The Bungalow Mystery, a Nancy Drew book by Carolyn Keene, is 180 pages.  In The Bungalow Mystery Nancy and her friend Helen meet a new friend, Laura.  They meet Laura after she saves them when they get caught in a storm out at sea.  Laura reveals that she is an orphan but is going to meet her new guardians at a hotel.  After a while Nancy goes home and gets a mysterious phone call and then she learns that Laura runs away.  Laura shows up at Nancy's house and asks if she can stay there a while.  Then she tells Nancy that her new guardians are acting strange and seem to want her mother's valuable jewels.