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There is danger in the wind and scandal in the sand--and now Nancy's about to discover where the bodies are buried! Behind the rustic charm of beautiful Block Island lurks an ugly secret...a secret worth killing for. The mystery begins when Nancy joins grad student Barb Sommers on her summer fieldwork--and makes a deadly discovery. Nancy may be able to help Barb, but there's nothing she can do for fisherman Tom Haines, who has been murdered! Haines was not a nice guy. An operator and a show more hustler, he was always on the lookout for a big score. But he got in too deep and paid with his life, leaving behind an island full of suspects. Now it's Nancy turn to stir up the waters...and she's sure to stir up trouble. A killer's on the loose, and Nancy's swimming with the sharks! show lessTags
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This was a quality read. Although I did figure out the villain pretty easily, I still found this mystery entertaining. Especially since Hannah Gruen had a large role in helping Nancy on the case.
*spoilers!*
Okay, I have a few bones to pick with this book. First, this is book #98. Nancy has solved tons of cases at this point. And yet she still hasn't learned not to deliberately put herself in a position where she's alone with a suspected murderer when she knows that he's onto her??
Secondly, and I guess this is more about this series in general, but it's especially obvious with this book.... The "Files" books always have a summary/rundown of the case on the very first page. It always lists three suspects. When the plot involves Nancy only tracking *two* suspects the entire time.... it's pretty obvious who the real criminal will be!
Okay, I have a few bones to pick with this book. First, this is book #98. Nancy has solved tons of cases at this point. And yet she still hasn't learned not to deliberately put herself in a position where she's alone with a suspected murderer when she knows that he's onto her??
Secondly, and I guess this is more about this series in general, but it's especially obvious with this book.... The "Files" books always have a summary/rundown of the case on the very first page. It always lists three suspects. When the plot involves Nancy only tracking *two* suspects the entire time.... it's pretty obvious who the real criminal will be!
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Carolyn Keene was the pseudonym that Mildred Wirt Benson and Walter Karig used to write Nancy Drew books. The idea of Nancy Drew came from Edward Stratemeyer in 1929. He also had other series, that included the Hardy Boys, but he died in 1930 before the Nancy Drew series became famous. His daughters, Harriet and Edna, inherited his company and show more maintained Nancy Drew having Mildred Wirt Benson, the original Carolyn Keene, as the principal ghostwriter. During the Depression, they asked Benson to take a pay cut and she refused, which is when Karig wrote the books. Karig's Nancy Drew books were Nancy's Mysterious Letter, The Sign of the Twisted Candles, and Password to Larkspur Lane. He was fired from writing more books because of his refusal to honor the request that he keep his work as Carolyn Keene a secret. He allowed the Library of Congress to learn of his authorship and his name appeared on their catalog cards. Afterwards, they rehired Benson and she wrote until her last Nancy Drew book (#30) was written in 1953, Clue of the Velvet Mask. Harriet and Edna Stratemeyer also contributed to the Nancy Drew series. Edna wrote plot outlines for several of the early books and Harriet, who claimed to be the sole author, had actually outlined and edited nearly all the volumes written by Benson. The Stratemeyer Syndicate had begun to make its writers sign contracts that prohibited them from claiming any credit for their works, but Benson never denied her writing books for the series. After Harriet's death in 1982, Simon and Schuster became the owners of the Stratemeyer Syndicate properties and in 1994, publicly recognized Benson for her work at a Nancy Drew conference at her alma mater, the University of Iowa. Now, Nancy Drew has several ghostwriters and artists that have contributed to her more recent incarnations. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Island of Secrets
- Original publication date
- 1994
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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