[Gutenberg 57100] • The Clue of the Gold Coin
- Authors
- Wells, Helen
- Publisher
- Grosset and Dunlap
- Tags
- tampa (fla.) -- description and travel -- juvenile fiction , vicki (fictitious character) -- juvenile fiction , mystery and detective stories , women detectives -- juvenile fiction , barr , swindlers and swindling -- juvenile fiction , flight attendants -- juvenile fiction
- Date
- 1958-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.03 MB
- Lang
- en
Vicki Barr is a popular mystery series for girls published by Grosset & Dunlap from 1947 to 1964. This book is volume 12 of The Vicki Barr Air Stewardess Series. When a shipment of priceless gold doubloons being transported on her flight from New York to Tampa goes missing, Federal Airline's stewardess Vicki Barr is unwittingly dragged into a sinister conspiracy spanning two countries. Vicki faces a determined group of criminals willing to go to any lengths to stop her from discovering their secret. It is up to her to save the Gasperilla Pirate festival, rescue a trapped innocent old man and a young friend she helped in getting the very job that would risk his life and career. With the help of the FBI, Vicki takes on a ruthless gang of villains who have disappeared with the ancient gold and left no trace the police can find.