When a new spa in town has its grand opening, Nancy gets tickets for herself and her best friends, George and Bess, to attend. However, it appears someone is tampering with the food and stinking up the business. Nancy is determined to sniff it out.

Nancy has a part in a film reenactment of the heist that gave her town its name. When the cameras start rolling trouble begins.

Bess, George, and I volunteered to go to Costa Rica for some R&R: rest and research. See, Corcovado Ecologica, a popular resort and preserve, isn't only a beautiful getaway; it's also a great place to study three species of monkeys. Or so we thought.

Nancy Drew finds herself in the 1930s, solving a crime that occurred during the Great Depression.

Just as I'm gearing up to help plan the Mahoney Library's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration, the beautiful old clock, the very centerpiece of the library, is stolen. There's nothing like a good theft to stop a party! Naturally, I throw down the streamers and get to work. Turns out lots of people wanted that clock -- and what's inside. If I don't hustle, this might become two crimes instead of one ...

A Civil War reenactment should be fun, right? Not in our town! It feels like war fever's taken over. The tension started to build when we all chose sides. Confederate and Union sympathizers never did mix. And if that wasn't enough to heat things up, someone started to secretly dig large holes in the battlefield. Pretty odd -- and very suspicious. Is someone waging a little war of their own, and trying to cheat? And if so, the bigger question is why?...

Hundreds of tourists have invaded the town to watch purported UFO sightings. Odder still are reports of townspeople being abducted. This speculation has the town going wild.

Nancy's friend, George, takes up fencing but something is amiss. Nancy sees blood at George's first meet . . .

The bad news is that the animal shelter just burned down. This means a big case for Nancy Drew because she doesn't believe that it was the result of bad wiring. The good news is that Nancy Drew and her friends are working on a concert to raise funds for a new shelter.

"As the engine is transported across country by train, Nancy must protect it from sinister forces that will stop at noting to destroy it--and everyone on board!"-- P. [4] of cover.