A little girl is nearly run over by a moving van as Nancy Drew approaches along the same road. The girl manages to cross the road and climbs up onto a short wall. Safe for a moment, she then loses her balance and topples to the ground below.
Nancy pulls her own car over and rushes to the girls aid. Assessing the girl and judging her to be unharmed, Nancy carries her home.
The girls aunts come running out. As they make sure the girl is ok, they pour out their hearts to Nancy, saying they took her in when her parents died, and they wish to give her a good life, but fear as they grow older it may not be possible. They had expected an inheritance from a relative that did not come through.
Greedy relations who didn't need the money at all had cared for the relative, and a will was drawn up leaving them all of his wealth.
They mention other relatives and friends had been given the impression that they'd be taken care of as well. They're sure that another will exists that would have taken care of everyone as promised.
After speaking with the friends and relatives involved, Nancy believes them, and that there must be another will.
Taking on the investigation, Nancy questions everyone she can think of, she eavesdrops shamelessly, and has several rough encounters with thieves who may possess a stolen clock that holds the key to everything.
In this first Nancy Drew mystery, Nancy and her family and friends do everything they can to right wrongs and solve the mystery of the missing will.
Nancy is clever, fearless and big hearted. I love how she tools around the countryside in her blue convertible.
Plotting and pacing are fast, and characters (who are not villains) are likeable.
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