The Secret of The Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery, #1)

by Carolyn Keene

NANCY DREW, an attractive girl of eighteen, was driving home along a country road in her new, dark-blue convertible.

What an opening statement

Ada tossed her head and her eyes flashed angrily. This did nothing to improve her looks. In spite of the expensive clothes she wore, Ada was not attractive. She was very thin and sallow, with an expression of petulance. Now that her face was distorted with anger, she was almost ugly.

Help what

‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.’

“Oh, why can’t all people be nice like this scenery and not make trouble?”

“I promise to be as careful as a pussycat walking up a slippery roof,”

....?

“If I hadn’t become involved in this mystery, I might never have met several wonderful people—and their names aren’t Topham!”