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The Mystery of the Tolling Bell

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The Mystery of the Tolling Bell
Original edition cover
AuthorCarolyn Keene
Cover artistRussell H. Tandy
LanguageEnglish
SeriesNancy Drew Mystery Stories
GenreJuvenile literature
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
Publication date
1946
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN0-448-09523-8
Preceded byThe Clue in the Crumbling Wall 
Followed byThe Clue in the Old Album 


The Mystery of the Tolling Bell is the twenty-third volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1946 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Mildred Wirt Benson.

Plot summary

Nancy, Bess, and George travel to a picturesque seaside town in search of Carson Drew's missing client. Mr. Drew fails to join the girls as planned, leading to a mystery involving his disappearance and a nearby cliffside cave inhabited by a ghost and his tolling bell.