Penny Nichols Finds a Clue
By: by Joan Clark [pseudonym].
Edition: [1st edition]
Series: Penny Nichols #1
Publisher: Goldsmith Publishing Co.
Published: 1936
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Nichols, Penny (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.; Mystery and detective stories.
Genres: Juvenile mystery fiction
Description: Penny Nichols is intensely interested in her father's new case.  Christopher Nichols is a private investigator who has been hired by an insurance company to track down a group of auto thieves.  So far, Mr. Nichols has had no luck in tracing the thieves.

Penny's interest deepens after a tire is stolen from her car.  Penny learns from the insurance adjuster that thirty tires were stolen on the same day that her tire was stolen.  Penny asks additional questions and soon decides to try to locate the thieves herself.

Penny takes several great risks, including following the suspected thieves into a vacant building.  In the end, Penny cracks the case for her father and earns his praise.