A wealthy old woman is kidnapped, and Ted Nickerson and Nancy Drew solve the case. If Ted wants to find the woman they are saving, he must pose as a nurse and Nancy as a "widow".

Ted Nickerson and Nancy Drew prevent two elderly women from losing their family home while solving a murder. There is a hidden stairway and a moveable wall in the old mansion.

Nancy, the daughter of local attorney Carson Drew, snoops a real article assignment while she is competing in a local newspaper contest where schoolchildren are invited to submit a news story. She "covers" the inquest into the poisoning death of a woman. Nancy, who doesn't believe the young woman who is accused of the crime is guilty, convinces her neighbor Ted to look for a crucial piece of evidence, and together they discover who the real murderer is.