The Nancy Drew Notebooks #2: The Lost Locket
Bess and George call Nancy for help after Bess's new locket goes missing. She took it off to jump rope and asked George to hold it for her. George instead put it in her backpack and when she came back, it was gone. Someone left a sandwich with mustard, ketchup, relish, and peanut butter in its place. George gets distracted and wants to show off her picture from the paper, which leads Bess to saying that she'll never speak to her again. The two girls get into a huge fight that ends with Bess tearing up the picture and the two storming off. Nancy sticks around to make up her suspect list, which includes this mean girl named Brenda and another girl named Karen. She suspects Karen even more after seeing her riffling through a coat that isn't hers. Karen claims she just wanted a piece of gum from her friend's jacket. Bess agrees to help investigate the case as long as George isn't around. She gives Nancy a list of all the kids who were around that day, whic