Project Gutenberg 2010-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 167 Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) 1905 2002 Wirt, Mildred Augustine Benson, Mildred Wirt Augustine, Mildred Benson, Millie Wirt, Ann The Clock Strikes Thirteen E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Brenda Lewis, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "The Clock Strikes Thirteen" by Mildred A. Wirt is a mystery novel likely written in the early 1940s. The story centers around Penny Parker, an adventurous and determined young woman who works in a newspaper office and often stumbles into mysteries that pique her interest. In this installment, she encounters a series of events surrounding a peculiar clock tower and a sinister fire related to an underhanded organization, which hints at deeper layers of intrigue in her community. At the start of the novel, Penny Parker is introduced in her father's newsroom at the Riverview Star, where the well-established dynamic between her and her father showcases her playful yet feisty personality. As they return home late at night, Penny becomes fixated on the peculiar event of the Hubell clock striking thirteen instead of twelve, leading her to assert that something is amiss. This oddity, combined with a series of telegrams sent by an unknown critic of her father's newspaper and the emergence of a fire at a nearby farm, sets off a chain of investigations. The opening establishes a mixture of familial warmth and mystery that suggests a classic detective narrative where Penny's inquisitive nature will ultimately unravel the truth behind these strange occurrences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/34403/34403-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 86.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Mystery and detective stories Parker, Penny (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Women detectives -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: American Literature 308248 2025-08-14T06:27:04.711479 text/html 327419 2010-11-22T12:32:17 text/html 229503 2025-08-14T06:27:09.931506 application/epub+zip 239453 2025-08-14T06:27:05.710495 application/epub+zip 154741 2025-08-14T06:27:05.154466 application/epub+zip 432036 2025-08-14T06:27:13.168438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401403 2025-08-14T06:27:09.451492 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238696 2022-09-15T15:31:10.847828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268481 2025-08-14T06:27:03.638467 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 268258 2010-11-22T12:21:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20208 2025-08-14T06:27:13.296427 application/rdf+xml 19896 2025-08-14T06:27:05.234475 image/jpeg 3858 2025-08-14T06:27:05.194474 image/jpeg 214255 2010-11-22T12:35:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 99341 2010-11-22T12:21:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 211856 2025-08-14T06:27:04.737488 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Bell, Frank en.wikipedia More titles under Clark, Joan