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Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion Hints

Where is the secret room?

  • 1 of 6: To find the secret room, solve a puzzle in the library.
  • 2 of 6: Have you found all of the fireplace tiles?
  • 3 of 6: Replacing the tiles loosens something else that was stuck before now.
  • 4 of 6: Zoom in at the bottom of the fireplace.  You can move the bird andiron now.
  • 5 of 6: Clicking on the bird andiron opens a section of the bookcase!
  • 6 of 6: When you go inside, the bookcase will close behind you.  To leave the secret room, pull the wall lever.