Introducing America’s favorite young detective in her first case ever! In the adventure, 16-year-old Nancy stumbles onto a complex scheme involving burglary, a missing will, and a shady speakeasy, risking it all to do what’s right. Can Nancy thread the needle in time? This is a reprint of the 1930 first edition of Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: The Secret of the Old Clock, without cuts or censorship, as originally written by Mildred Benson under the pen name Carolyn Keene.