Nancy is depicted as intentionally hiding stolen evidence (the clock) from the police, and gunfire is involved in the police-robber chase.Ī climactic scene, inserted before the denouement and epilogue, sees Nancy delighted to take the money away from the Tophams and see it distributed to destitute family and friends. She is able to obtain the title clock while the burglars drink heavily (illegal in 1930) at a wayside inn. She is imprisoned in the vacant house while the African-American caretaker recovers (the burglars had gotten him drunk). There she is overpowered by the burglars who stole the Crowley clock and the rest of the Topham furniture. She then joins Helen at summer camp to investigate the Topham summer-home nearby.
When Helen gives Nancy charity tickets to sell, she sells them to the Tophams to gain entry to their home and quiz them about the clock.
Interviewing various Crowley relatives and friends, Nancy learns from an injured old lady that Crowley hinted that the clue to his will would be found in the family clock. Initially she becomes interested in the case because she dislikes his snobbish "nouveau-riche" social-climbing "heirs." Briefly aided along the way by chum Helen Corning, Nancy also wishes to discredit the Tophams, the Crowley family's snobby rivals.Ī nasty encounter at a department store allows Nancy to discredit the Topham sisters when they break an expensive vase. The book: The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keen.Īnd you’re listening to LIT Society… LET’S GET LIT!įind Alexis and Kari online: Instagram - Twitter - /litsocietypod Facebook - and our website Get in on the conversation by using #booksanddrama.16-year-old recent high-school graduate Nancy Drew wishes to help the Horners, who are struggling relatives of the recently-deceased Josiah Crowley. Our headstrong heroine must rely on happenstance and privilege to complete her fiendish mission and remain the queen bee of her hive.
In the end, the secret to the demise of those whom she despises is within an old clock. But how will this cautious Karen outwit her playground bullies? By collaborating with her father, a man who seems desperate to get rid of her by putting her in harm’s way every chance he gets. The theme this week is The Strange Case of a Podcast About Adnan Syed.īecause two girls from her school are mean to her, one nosey Nancy seeks to ruin their family and leave them destitute.
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