# Allie Horner — The Hidden Staircase character guide

> Allie Horner in The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Allie

**First appearance:** 0002-iii-interesting-information

## Snapshot

A young local who trades what she knows about the Turnbull house for a place beside Nancy, feeding her details the adults around them overlook.

## Who they are

Allie moves through the edges of the case as a source of neighborhood talk — who goes in, who comes out, what the old place is supposed to be haunted by. Her usefulness lies in being unremarkable enough to overhear things and curious enough to remember them. She gives Nancy a second set of eyes on the ground while the sisters and the sheriff are busy being frightened.

## Relationships

### [Nancy Drew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hidden_staircase_se/characters/nancy_drew)

_friendship_

Allie Horner is a friendly acquaintance and helper to Nancy, providing local information and support.

### [Grace Horner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hidden_staircase_se/characters/grace_horner)

_family_

Allie Horner and Grace Horner are mother and daughter, with a close familial relationship.

### [Nathan Gombet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hidden_staircase_se/characters/nathan_gombet)

_social_

Allie Horner knows Nathan Gombet as a local figure, but their relationship is distant and not close.

### [Nancy Drew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hidden_staircase_se/characters/nancy_drew)

_friendship_

Allie Horner is a friendly acquaintance and helper to Nancy, providing local information and support.

### [Nancy Drew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hidden_staircase_se/characters/nancy_drew)

_friendship_

Allie Horner is a friendly acquaintance and helper to Nancy, providing local information and support.

### [Grace Horner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hidden_staircase_se/characters/grace_horner)

_family_

Allie Horner and Grace Horner are mother and daughter, with a close familial relationship.

### [Nathan Gombet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hidden_staircase_se/characters/nathan_gombet)

_social_

Allie Horner knows Nathan Gombet as a local figure, but their relationship is distant and not close.

## In the story

### [Interesting Information](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hidden_staircase_se/chapters/iii-interesting-information)

Visits Nancy with gifts, shares news about her farm and sister Grace, and provides crucial information about Nathan Gombet's miserly and threatening nature.

## Links

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