The Secret of the Old Clock Author:Carolyn Keene The "first" (a revision of the original story published in 1930) in the popular Nancy Drew series, with the introduction of Nancy Drew, girl detective and her friends. — Relatives of Josiah Crowley are concerned that the selfish "nouveau-riche" social-climbing heirs presumptive, the snobbish Tophams, have taken him into their home and don't let h... more »im visit other family members including the Turner and Hoover sisters. When Crowley dies, promises of being included in his will appear moot as the will, held by the Tophams, wills everything to them. Eighteen-year-old Nancy Drew is prompted to help the Crowley kin by her affection for Crowley's distant niece, little Judy, who's being raised by the elderly Turner sisters. The final scene, the reading of the will that disinherits the Tophams, focuses on the delight of rewarding the deserving Crowley kin.« less