''The Bike Tour Mystery'' (2002), by

Carolyn Keene Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stories and The Dana Girls mystery stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In addition, the Keene pen name is credited with the Nancy Drew spin-off, ''River H ...

, is the 168th volume in the now ended

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories The ''Nancy Drew Mystery Stories'' is the long-running "main" series of the ''Nancy Drew'' franchise, which was published under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. There are 175 novels — plus 34 revised stories — that were published between 1930 and ...

Summary

When Nancy and her chums, Bess and George, sign up for a

bicycle tour Bicycle touring is the taking of self-contained cycling trips for pleasure, adventure or autonomy rather than sport, commuting or exercise. Bicycle touring can range from single-day trips to extended travels spanning weeks or months. Tours may be ...

around

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...

they don't expect to be thrust into mystery mode. However, several of the other participants in the tour raise Nancy's suspicions: a dark character who lacks one pinky, an eager-beaver journalist, and two mysterious girls from

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...

. Nancy unravels the truth about Rhonda and Rachel, but finds herself in a race against time to save them from danger.

Adaptation

The 19th installment in the

Nancy Drew Nancy Drew is a fictional character appearing in several mystery book series, movies, and a TV show as a teenage amateur sleuth. The books are ghostwritten by a number of authors and published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Cre ...

point-and-click adventure game An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and/or Puzzle video game, puzzle-solving. The Video game genres, genre's focus on story allows it to draw ...

series by Her Interactive, named '' Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy'', is loosely based on the novel.

References

Nancy Drew books 2002 American novels Novels set in Ireland Novels about cycling 2002 children's books Novels adapted into video games {{2000s-child-mystery-novel-stub