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Mildred A. Wirt Mystery Stories
Millie was given her own series under her own name of Mildred A. Wirt. This series consisted of these
7 volumes:
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Both Ghost Gables and Painted Shield were reprinted with different art for the World Junior Library published by The World Publishing Company. The two covers for Ghost Gables are pictured above.
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The original art for Painted Shield, shown at
left on top, was painted by Millie's mom, Lillian. The second cover art shown at left and below was created for a World Junior Library reprint. |
Peggy Palmer finds a secret drawer in an old desk which leads to many mysterious events, not
solved until the Old Miser at Crooked Lane unwittingly shows the way.
The Hollow Wall Mystery:
Sally Lansing and her chum, Victoria Rand, literally fall into a mystery in Mexico City which keeps
them all madly excited until they can supply the solution.
The Shadow Stone:
In the crowded, festive streets of New Orleans during the annual Mardi Gras, a candy vendor
gives Carol Scott an uncut jade stone hidden in a box of candy. The stone which casts the hideous
shadow of a man, draws Carol into a surprising series of adventures that involve mistaken identity,
the strange disappearance of a young girl and the enigma of the House of the Peacock Shutters.
The Wooden Shoe Mystery:
Patty Rose Saunders finds the solution to the curious rail-fence cipher appearing on a pair of wooden
shoes belonging to the family of her friend, Katrina Vandervort, and it leads her to a startling
discovery.
Through the Moon-Gate Door:
Behind the elaborate moon-gate door on Moon-Gate estate, a Chinese amusement park in San Francisco,
lies a web of mystery that ensnares Sally Brandon and Dorothy French and plunges them into a series
of breath-taking adventures.
Ghost Gables:
synopsis coming soon...
The Painted Shield:
synopsis coming soon...
The Clue at Crooked Lane: