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Posing as a reporter for a ski magazine, Nancy sets out to uncover the truth behind Rebecca Montgomery's firing from posh Tall Pines cross-country ski resort.Tags
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It was fun to read an updated version of a Nancy Drew mystery. Really just a good story. The villain was a little cliche, but really just a fun little read. I remember now why I liked these books so much when I was young.
"- Rebecca jobbar på kontoret på Tall Pines, sa George och presenterade sin vän för Kitty. Jobbade, rättare sagt. Hon har fått sparken.
Kitty såg att Rebecca ryckte till när hon hörde ordet.
- Varför det? frågade hon.
- Femtiotusen dollar blev stulna ur hotellets kassaskåp, sa Rebecca. Och tvåtusen av dem hittade man i min väska. Men det var inte jag som stal pengarna, det lovar jag!
- Någon försöker alltså få dig att framstå som en tjuv, sa George.
Kittys detektivinstinkter vaknar snabbt till liv. Förklädd till sportreporter ger hon sig av till Tall Pines. Vem är det som ligger bakom hemligheten på den fashionabla skidorten? Är det någon som försöker sätta dit Rebecca?"
Kitty såg att Rebecca ryckte till när hon hörde ordet.
- Varför det? frågade hon.
- Femtiotusen dollar blev stulna ur hotellets kassaskåp, sa Rebecca. Och tvåtusen av dem hittade man i min väska. Men det var inte jag som stal pengarna, det lovar jag!
- Någon försöker alltså få dig att framstå som en tjuv, sa George.
Kittys detektivinstinkter vaknar snabbt till liv. Förklädd till sportreporter ger hon sig av till Tall Pines. Vem är det som ligger bakom hemligheten på den fashionabla skidorten? Är det någon som försöker sätta dit Rebecca?"
Feb 22, 2021Swedish
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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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- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
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- PZ7 .K23 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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