Nancy Drew Detective Stories is the classic, longest-running series of stories about the young detective. It was published from 1930 to 2003. AST Publishing publishes this series under the title “Stories about Nancy Drew.” Nancy Drew is amazed and puzzled when she receives a valuable moonstone as a gift from an unknown person. But this is only the first of a series of startling events in a twisted mystery that challenges the cute detective's ingenuity. Why do the Bowen couple, missionaries recently returned to the United States, have so much trouble finding their missing seventeen-year-old granddaughter? Trying to find a clue to the whereabouts of an orphan girl, Nancy and her friends travel to Deep River, the town where young Joanie Horton lived with her guardian grandmother until Mrs. Horton's death fourteen years ago. From the motel where Nancy, Bess and Georgie were staying , they see an intriguing structure in the distance that looks like a castle with a drawbridge. Gossip Mrs. Hemstead from the village tearoom insists that Moonstone Castle is haunted. Curious, the three girls try to explore the abandoned castle, but an ominous voice warns them. Other strange events in Deep River convince Nancy that there is a connection between Castle Moonstone and the mysterious moonstone given to her. But what is it? And how does the mysterious disappearance of Joan Horton fit into this intricate puzzle? You will find out how a young detective exposes a cruel hoax with far-reaching consequences in a new dramatic and exciting story. Source: