Nancy, Bess, and George must find the truth behind a photographic
mystery in this nineteenth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh
approach to the classic mystery series.
Nancy and her friends are spending the weekend in a small mountainside
town called Shady Oaks. The local museum is displaying a
never-before-seen collection from famous nature photographer,
Christopher DeSantos. So the usually sleepy town is now filled with
tourists. But it's not just the dramatic lighting of the old black and
white photographs that people have come to see.
Newspapers all over the country have picked up the story of two visitors
who went missing in Shady Oaks only to turn up in the old DeSantos
photographs, seemingly frozen in time. What's more, there was a rumor
that DeSantos was cursed by his former partner after a disagreement. Now
everyone is wondering if the legend is real.
Nancy, Bess, and George are convinced that there is another explanation
to be found. But it quickly becomes clear that someone is making sure
they don't find it. Can these three teenage sleuths solve this mystery
before it's too late?