The worthless keys have deep personal value for the young sleuth. But they've never left a clue - until they snatch a pair of melted keys belonging to Joe Hardy. The sophisticated crime ring has ripped off a fortune in loot.

Padre Island's social set is raided by a squad of resort sharks. But the games end when Buck finds a sunken wreck - and a very dead body.

While scuba diving, Buck makes a play for Nancy, which Ned intercepts. The brother detectives happen to be staying at the home of wealthy friend Buck Calhoun. Everyone's geared up for spring break, including Frank and Joe Hardy. Nancy Drew and her boyfriend, Ned, are among the guests invited to plush Padre Island, on the Gulf Coast. dinner, Nancy, Frank, and Joe are suddenly trapped between hot rocks and a royal disaster. Their fling includes everything from horse-drawn carriages in Central Park to drawn guns at the Park Avenue Hotel.īut with political forces set to blow apart a gala U.N. To impress Bess, John takes the gang on a torrid tour of Manhattan's fabulous nightlife. Nancy's best friend Bess is enjoying the holiday season with a dream date - a handsome and mysterious guy called John. And they're sure the daring criminal duo will try to scoop up a special prize - the spectacular crown jewels of Sarconne, which are on display at a museum. They're conducting an intense manhunt for a pair of big-time cat burglars. Nancy Drew is in New York to join the Hardy Boys on an important case.

Her vacation turns into a high-risk hunt and she teams up with friends Frank and Joe Hardy, who are working undercover on the cruise ship, when she discovers a plan to sell CIA secrets. It seems like great fun until Nancy overhears a plan to sell CIA secrets to another country. Nancy Drew is enjoying a luxury cruise aboard the ship which her friend George Fayne, the new ship social director, suggested as a break from her detective.

Hollywood Horror by Carolyn Keene