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While on vacation in New York, Nancy Drew saves the life of an elderly woman who turns up dead a few days later. Is the victim's supposedly caring family to blame?Tags
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A quality read with a true who-dunnit murder mystery? I like that George was attracted to the possible murderer of the old lady, Sarah Amberley. But that told me the fella wasn't the killer cause George is too smart for that.
Another book in the Nancy Drew Files series. These are so quick to read I can polish one off in a couple of hours. For my thoughts on the series as a whole, see my review of Death by Design. You read my opinion of one, you get my opinion of all, pretty much. This book has a different plot, of course. Nancy and her father are on vacation in the Plaza hotel. Even though her friends and father want her to get her head out of mysteries for a change, she can't help herself when she notices that the rich old woman in the suite next to hers is surrounded by shady characters. She senses that something is not right, but she can't convince anyone until it's too late. When the woman dies, Nancy feels responsible, and will stop at nothing to find show more the real killer. A fast and fun (if unsubstantial) read. show less
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925+ Works 201,301 Members
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
- Rich and Dangerous
- Original publication date
- 1988
- Important places
- Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, USA; New York, New York, USA
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- Members
- 153
- Popularity
- 213,347
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.71)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 3
