The Bungalow Mystery is the third book in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories and was published in 1930.
Nancy and chum Helen Corning are enjoying a motorboat outing on Moon Lake when one of those pesky rainstorms springs up and sinks their boat. Even though Nancy is an excellent swimmer, she alone can't save herself and Helen. Luckily, Laura Pendleton comes to the rescue and also brings a mystery with her.
A few days after the rescue, Laura's guardian arrives to meet her. A tiny scowl lines his forehead, and at times his eyes have a hard, almost cruel glint as he gazed upon Laura. Nancy takes an almost instant dislike to him.
Besides not keeping a single servant (gasp) at his bungalow, Laura's guardian is also an imposter who imprisoned the real guardian. Nancy discovers the real guardian chained in a bungalow cellar. She is knocked unconscious and tied up. Luckily Nancy remembers that a detective had demonstrated how to hold your hands so you can later escape after being bound.
Nancy frees the real guardian, chases down the crook, and literally saves Laura's fortune from a fire. All in a day's work.
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