Nancy is asked to solve a puzzling mystery then encounters a second case. The first concerns a valuable collection of rare books. Wealthy Mrs. Merriam has commissioned a supposedly reputable art dealer to sell it but soon believes the man is a swindler. The second mystery involves the theft of a beautiful marble statue rumored to whisper has an uncanny resemblance to Nancy! As suddenly as it disappeared the marble statue is returned and is discovered to be a reproduction! To solve both mysteries Nancy adopts an alias and a disguise becomes an employee of the suspicious dealer gathering evidence against a clever ring of art thieves. This book is the revised text. The plot of the original story (©1937) is different.
