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	Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!"   
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	The chandelier suddenly started to sway   
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	Nancy drove to Twin Elms as fast as the law allowed.   
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	Ada and Isabel had been unpopular in high school. They had talked incessantly of money and social position, making themselves very obnoxious to the other students.   
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	Nancy, every place you go, it seems as if mysteries just pile up one after another.   
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	Soon a messenger brought back the will, together with two photostats of the document.   
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	George’s eyes lit up as she considered that there might be a mystery to solve.   
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	“And to think,” Ned said huskily, “only this afternoon I thought I’d lost you to another guy.   
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	What’s that old saying about the longest way ‘round is the shortest way home, or is it the shortest way ’round is the longest way home? Anyway, this is the longest shortcut I’ve ever taken.   
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	Interior. Within a few minutes a bell from within started to toll.   
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	Yes, Manda. You’re becoming a good detective.   
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	There was only one sentence in it. ‘Tell no one about the 99 steps. Monsieur Neuf’!”   
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	The night the day of our find, Dr. Pitt and the stone tablet disappeared!   
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	“I’m inclined to believe that August must be convinced it was taken to the hold,” Rod said.   
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	Town of River Heights, frequently discussed puzzling aspects of cases with his blond, blue-eyed daughter.   
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	Brushing her hair until it snapped with electricity   
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	One thing is for sure, she thought. Work is the best antidote for worry. I'll get back to Twin Elms and do some more sleuthing there.   
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	WHICH way is Melborne?   
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	The officer said No and his mother was frantic.   
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	Just bought himself a new set of clubs a couple of months   
