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Nancy Drew heads to Quebec City to probe sabotage on a romantic TV thriller set, while Frank and Joe Hardy arrive to cover the Winter Carnival’s auto ice-racing event. Their paths cross when a film star becomes a suspect, a racer is found dead, and a movie‑set photographer goes missing. Together they infiltrate a criminal conspiracy that threatens both the film and the carnival.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson
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