The Clue in the Old Album

Nancy Drew 24, published 1947

The Clue in the Old Album

Original edition cover

Author| Carolyn Keene
Cover artist| Russell H. Tandy
Language| English
Series| Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Genre| Juvenile literature
Publisher| Grosset & Dunlap

Publication date

| 1947
Media type| Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN| 0-448-09524-6
Preceded by| The Mystery of the Tolling Bell
Followed by| The Ghost of Blackwood Hall

The Clue in the Old Album is the twenty-fourth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1947 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.[1][2]

## Plot summary

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Nancy witnesses a purse snatching and pursues the thief. She rescues the purse, but not its contents, then is asked by the owner, a doll collector, to do some detective work. "The source of light will heal all ills, but a curse will follow him who takes it from the gypsies." This is one of the clues Nancy is given to find an old album, a lost doll, and a missing gypsy violinist. The young sleuth never gives up her search, though Nancy faints after being injected with poison by a French-swordsman doll, is run off the road in her car by an enemy, and sent several warnings to give up the case.

## References

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1. ^ The Clue in the Old Album at WorldCat
2. ^ Rehak, Melanie (2006). Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her. Harcourt. pp. 154–156\. ISBN 9780156030564.154-156&rft.pub=Harcourt&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=9780156030564&rft.aulast=Rehak&rft.aufirst=Melanie&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:The+Clue+in+the+Old+Album" class="Z3988">

## External links

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* The Clue in the Old Album at Fantastic Fiction

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* The Secret of the Old Clock (1930)
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* The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (1945)
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* The Clue in the Old Album (1947)
* The Ghost of Blackwood Hall (1948)
* The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (1949)
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* The Clue of the Black Keys (1951)
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* The Scarlet Slipper Mystery (1954)
* The Witch Tree Symbol (1955)
* The Hidden Window Mystery (1956)
* The Haunted Showboat (1957)
* The Secret of the Golden Pavilion (1959)
* The Clue in the Old Stagecoach (1960)
* The Mystery of the Fire Dragon (1961)
* The Clue of the Dancing Puppet (1962)
* The Moonstone Castle Mystery (1963)
* The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes (1964)
* The Phantom of Pine Hill (1965)
* The Mystery of the 99 Steps (1966)
* The Clue in the Crossword Cipher (1967)
* The Spider Sapphire Mystery (1968)
* The Invisible Intruder (1969)
* The Mysterious Mannequin (1970)
* The Crooked Banister (1971)
* The Secret of Mirror Bay (1972)
* The Double Jinx Mystery (1973)
* Mystery of the Glowing Eye (1974)
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* The Sky Phantom (1976)
* The Strange Message in the Parchment (1977)
* Mystery of Crocodile Island (1978)
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* The Treasure in the Royal Tower (1995)
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* The E-mail Mystery (1998)
* Whispers in the Fog (2000)
* The Legend of the Emerald Lady (2000)
* Mystery By Moonlight (2002)
* The Bike Tour Mystery (2002)
* The Mistletoe Mystery (2002)
* No Strings Attached (2003)
* The Riding Club Crime (2003)
* Danger on the Great Lakes (2003)
* Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland (2003)

Other series|

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