The Clock Strikes Thirteen: A Penny Parker Mystery Story - Paperback

by Mildred A. Wirt (Author)

The Clock Strikes Thirteen is one of several in the series of Penny Parker Mystery Stories by Mildred A. Wirt, most famous for writing Nancy Drew books as a ghostwriter.Sinister hooded riders are terrorizing farmers at night, and most of the farmers are reluctant to talk. Meanwhile, a man named Blake makes a generous donation to the Riverview orphan's camp and offers to buy their land, but Penny suspects that he is somehow trying to cheat the orphans. Penny Parker links the hooded bandits to Blake and prevents the orphans from being cheated.

Author Biography

Mildred Wirt (July 10, 1905 - May 28, 2002) was an author of children's books. She most famously wrote several of the books in the Nancy Drew series as a ghostwriter. Born in Iowa, Wirt was a journalist by trade for 58 year, until her death in Ohio at the age of 96.