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''The Sign of the Twisted Candles'' is the ninth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. As the second volume written by Walter Karig, it was originally published in 1933 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Due to Karig having died in 1956, as of January 1, 2007, the 1933 book and the other 2 Nancy Drew books he wrote, have passed into the public domain in Canada and other countries with a life plus 50 policy. ==Plot summary== In the course of solving the mystery of an old man's disappearing fortune, Nancy both starts and ends a family feud and reveals the identity of an orphan of unknown parentage. The second of three novels by ghostwriter Walter Karig, this story focuses on Nancy's encounter with a 100-year-old man at The Sign of the Twisted Candles, a roadside inn and restaurant. Nancy and her friends, Bess and George, take afternoon tea there while waiting out a storm, where Nancy's roadster is blocked by a fallen tree. They encounter Asa Sidney, celebrating his 100th birthday, and the pathetic maid and waitress, Sadie Wipple, mistreated by her adoptive parents, Frank and Emma Semmit. Nancy discovers Mr. Sidney is an elderly relative of Bess and George, and her willingness to communicate with him launches a family feud upon his death a few days later. This leaves Nancy chumless, as the cousins refuse to associate with Nancy. Sadie is named as the major benefactress, and Nancy sets out to prove Frank and Emma Semmit have misappropriated property. Nancy also must discover why Asa was interested in young Sadie. Meanwhile, relatives from the Sidney and Boonton families fight over the money. While investigating, Nancy is reunited with her friends, and later, in the climax, is nearly killed when she is pushed while climbing a ladder against a tower window as is illustrated as internal art in the original 1933 edition. Sadie is discovered to be the great-niece of Asa Sidney and thus owns the rights to a number of inventions awaiting patents from Sidney, in addition to securities. The family feud is resolved due to Nancy's discoveries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sign of the Twisted Candles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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