The Hidden Staircase
- 182
- Pages
- about 3.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Hidden Staircase” is a light, charming Nancy Drew adventure, and the one its writer, Mildred Wirt Benson, loved best. The second mystery in the series, written in 1930 and reworked in 1959, can bring back happy memories for adults who grew up with it, and it still holds children’s attention when read aloud. Some readers notice how firmly it belongs to its era, in a well-off and very white world.
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About the book
The Hidden Staircase is the second volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, published in 1930 and revised in 1959. The original text was written by Mildred Wirt Benson, who said that it was her personal favorite of the Nancy Drew Books she wrote.
Reading order · Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Full order & progress →- The Secret of the Old ClockStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - The Hidden StaircaseThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - The Bungalow Mystery
7.57.5 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 95 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 39% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 26 | 27% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 69 | 73% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Hidden Staircase?
It has 182 pages — shorter than 99% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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