7: The Sign of the Twisted Candles (Book #9) This is another Nancy Drew story focusing on an old person getting scammed, but this time, the victim is Bess and George's great-uncle, Asa Sidney.

To support her family, Benson was hired by a publishing syndicate to write 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books, under the pen name “Carolyn Keene.” The first book was published in 1930.