In this mystery, Penny helps her detective father capture some thieves who are stealing car parts. Although Penny is a teenager, she was able to come up with information in solving the crime that even the police and some of her father's fellow detectives couldn't come up with.
Penny's generosity and unbounded friendliness earn her an instant friend in Rosanna Winters, a young lady in need of advice. Rosanna has inherited the property of her late uncle, Jacob Winters, and must inspect the estate at her earliest convenience. Penny suspects that Rosanna may be the victim of a hoax, but agrees to accompany Rosanna to the Winters home. Upon arrival the girls discover two additional claimants to the estate, each with a letter from Mr. Winters' lawyer! Most troubling, Rosanna's letter has disappeared, leaving her no claim...
Size: 8 x 5 ½ (approximately)Pages: 249 pages Binding/Cover: Hardback
Christopher Nichols travels to Knob Hill for a much-needed vacation. Penny unenthusiastically accompanies him, expecting a boring vacation in their secluded destination. The vacation proves to be far from boring.First, there is the strange man who asks for a ride and then suddenly disappears. Next, old Herman Crocker appears to be imprisoning and abusing his grandson. The housekeeper, Mrs. Masterbrook, is caught snooping in Mr. Nichols' belongings, and a young man arrives at Knob Hill claiming to be looking for old Mr. Crocker, yet is unwilling to go see him.