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The Message in the Haunted Mansion (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)

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I found this book to be really good, but I would've liked it a little longer haha! HerInteractive has been coming out wth Nancy Drew games for the computer & the reason I wanted this book was because I have the game. The game was fun but there were differences between both. If it were exactly the same , then the game would be easy! Well i have to say I really liked it & in parts they really throw you off-track on who did it in the end!

Nancy Drew discovers another mystery when she, with friends Bess, George, and her housekeeper Hannah, help Rose Green and her niece Abby renovate an old Victorian mansion so they can turn it into a Bed and Breakfast. This book takes place in San Francisco, in current times. As the renovating begins, "accidents" that don't seem to be accidental, begin.

There's a legend about the house that it was once the hotel of the famous actress, Lizzie Applegate, who married the famous bandit El Diablo. She wrote a play called "The Bandit's Treasure". When Nancy, Bess, and George are fixing the house, they find some old documents proving that it was Lizzie's hotel, and she was the wife of El Diablo. A song in the play "The Bandit's Treasure" also suggests that maybe the bandit's real treasure is hidden inside the house.

Meanwhile, the renovations aren't going well. Someone is trying to stop them from succeeding, and wants them to abandon the project. The "ghost" of Lizzie Applegate keeps appearing. A window breaks with no reason. The chandelier chain is cut, and it falls and shatters. A fire is started inside the house. Nancy falls through the roof trying to fix something, and Nancy, Bess, and George receive a message saying "Leave the mansion at once!" A bathroom floods and ruins the downstairs wallpaper. Food from the kitchen keeps disappearing. A car tries to run over Nancy and George while out on a jog.

The house contains all kinds of surprises including two-way mirrors. Bess finds an old key hidden in a bedpost. Nancy, Bess, and George find various hidden rooms throughout the old hotel. One room contains a trunk that has to be opened with the key they found. It holds Lizzie's will, her diary, and the once-hotel house plans.

But who could be causing all this to happen? There are many suspects. Abby, Rose's niece, might be behind it all. Or what about Charlie, who is helping around the house, but also drives the same kind of car that tried to hit George and Nancy? Louis is helping also, but seems to be hiding something. Cassandra, Charlie's daughter, is being mysterious, and what about the blond teenager who keeps hanging around the mansion?

They find the blond teenager, named Tim, who's been taking food from the kitchen and living inside a secret room because he has no other home. Tim helps them look for more strange happenings.

The song in "The Bandit's Treasure" leads Nancy to the treasure under the floorboards where the fireplace used to stand. But Charlie and Louis try to stop them from taking the gold. They have been causing the "accidents" all along. With the help of Tim and the police, they land Charlie and Louis in jail and save the mansion.

I would recommend this book to any readers interested in mystery fiction. If you enjoy being a detective and solving mysteries, this is the book for you.

Nancy Drew and co. help to restore an old victorian mansion that is plagued by accidents. You can gather the clues and piece together the message with Nancy and figure out how a mystery from the past affects the present. A great story in the current Nancy Drew series!

Nancy and her friends go to a Victorian mansion to help their friends rebuilt it. Everyone sees weird things like shadows and secret hid-outs. Nancy finds out, in a ledgend of the mansion, there is hidden treasure somewhere in the house. She finds out someone is also finding the treasure and trying to get it before Nancy! SO READ THIS BOOK AND FIND OUT MORE!! Do you like mysteries? Then read this book! =D

Nancy Drew
The Message in the Haunted Mansion
By: Carolyn Keene

This review was written by Marilyn (age 9) of Stockbridge Central School
Imagine this: A fire happened while you are gone; a window crashed almost on top of you and a lot of other accidents happened
in the same house as you are staying in. Well that's exactly what happened to Nancy Drew in an old mansion in San Francisco on California Street. Nancy and her friends Bess and George are trying to solve the mystery. I liked this book because it is a mystery. There are accidents they can't explain. I also liked this book because it is a ghost story. They think there is a ghost in the mansion! One other thing that happens is they think there is gold in the mansion. I loved this book! I recommend it to kids (and adults!) who like mysteries and suspense.

This was a great book the clues are fun to pick up along the way and there are many suspectes, EVERYONE!! but I think you should read the book!! It was great.

Nancy goes with her friends,Bess and George,and her house keeper Hannah to help renovate an old Victorian mansion waiting to become a bed and breakfast in Los Angeles, California.Nancy goes not suspecting to embark upon such a whirlwind of a case with someone,or something, behind accidents in the mansion that cannot be explained.If Nancy doesn't solve this mystery, who knows how dangerous the next act may be.The only way to find out, is to buy this book and find out for yourself.I give this one two thumbs way,way up for the suspense that keeps you asking for more.

I have been reading the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories for a long time. I really like them. They are good books.

Tis book was really great. Of course I like all Nancy Drew's by Crolyn Keene. I enjoyed this book a lot so I am giving it a four and a half stars.I wish it was longer.

Nancy Drew is a thrilling suspenseful series. The author in this book gives you a full line of suspects to choose from with mysterious secret passages . Creepy appearances, strange visitors, lying suspects and much more. If you are a mystery lover like myself this book is for you!!!