| The Crooked Banister | |
| Author: | Carolyn Keene |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nancy Drew Mystery Stories |
| Genre: | Juvenile literature |
| Publisher: | Grosset & Dunlap |
| Release Date: | 1971 |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0-448-09548-3 |
| Congress: | PZ7.K23 Cr |
| Oclc: | 121411 |
| Preceded By: | The Mysterious Mannequin |
| Followed By: | The Secret of Mirror Bay |
The Crooked Banister is the forty-eighth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1971 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.[1] The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.
Nancy, Bess, and George spend an exciting weekend at a mysterious zigzag house with a crooked banister and an unpredictable robot. Nancy becomes involved in the mystery of the strange house and must locate the missing owner who is wanted by police.