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Nancy Drew 1: Secrets Can Kill! (Remastered) Hints
(9) Student Lounge
1 of 7: This one is on a bulletin board in the student lounge, the room where Connie Watson spends her time.
2 of 7: The cipher isn't obvious at first; there's a lot of text and no helps like underlines. So what other possibilities are there?
3 of 7: If you read through the message, some of the wording is a little strange. It almost looks like they've added some extra words. That sometimes means the writer is using the first letters of the words to say something else.
4 of 7: Read the first letter of every line down the left margin to read the message. Decoded, it says --
5 of 7: -- "fifth map drawer." Maps are often stored in what's known as a flat file, a cabinet with very wide shallow drawers.
6 of 7: Look downstairs in the library, in the reference section.