Young amateur detective Nancy Drew and her friend Helen Corning make a new friend when Laura Pendleton saves them from drowning in a storm. But when Laura runs away from her abusive guardian, can Nancy get to the bottom of what's happening in a mysterious bungalow Laura's guardian owns in the woods? The Bungalow Mystery is the third book in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories . It was first published in 1930. A revised edition was published in 1960, which changed the plot significantly;