Nancy Drew 16: the Clue of the Tapping Heels
By (Author) Carolyn Keene
16
Penguin Putnam Inc
Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
1st January 1939
United States
Children
Fiction
813.52
Hardback
192
Width 125mm, Height 192mm, Spine 18mm
249g
Challenging questions confront Nancy Drew when she attempts to solve the mystery of the strange tapping sounds in the house of a retired actress. Who is the tapper How does he gain access to Miss Carter's house, despite securely locked doors and windows Why do the tapping sounds come in Morse code Is there a sinister motive behind the prowler's actions While trying to learn the answers to these and other puzzling questions, Nancy finds her investigations complicated by the dishonest administrator of a will and by a thief who steals the actress's prize Persian cats.
Carolyn Keene is a pen name used by a variety of authors for the classic Nancy Drew Mystery series. The first author to use the pseudonym was Mildred Wirt Benson, who wrote 23 of the original 30 books. Other writers who have adapted the "Carolyn Keene" moniker include Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Walter Karig, and Nancy Axelrod.