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When an amnesia victim appears in River Heights with a royal Hindu ring in his possession, Nancy Drew is called in to help learn his identity.Tags
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I'm not really sure why I reacted the way I did with this book. I usually love the older Nancy Drews, but for some reason this book annoyed me. I've read many more "recent" ND books then older ones, so maybe I'm just not used to the different style.
Like the relatively stupid mistakes made in this book; George and Bess handing over a valuable clue to a complete stranger, Nancy completely ignoring several small clues, etc. And usually readers know exactly what Nancy knows, and nothing more, so it was kind of strange that this book gave information on what suspects were doing when Nancy wasn't around.
However! I definitely liked the ending. I was so sure of the motive, the culprit, etc, and while I was partially right, show more there were enough surprises at the end to kind of make up for the other stuff. show less
I'm not really sure why I reacted the way I did with this book. I usually love the older Nancy Drews, but for some reason this book annoyed me. I've read many more "recent" ND books then older ones, so maybe I'm just not used to the different style.
Like the relatively stupid mistakes made in this book; George and Bess handing over a valuable clue to a complete stranger, Nancy completely ignoring several small clues, etc. And usually readers know exactly what Nancy knows, and nothing more, so it was kind of strange that this book gave information on what suspects were doing when Nancy wasn't around.
However! I definitely liked the ending. I was so sure of the motive, the culprit, etc, and while I was partially right, show more there were enough surprises at the end to kind of make up for the other stuff. show less
When Nancy searches through the knapsack of an amnesia victim, she finds an unusual ring. Before long, she is caught up in a second assignment from a beautiful harpist. Nancy's discoveries reveal an important connection between the hospital patient, the harpist, and enemies from abroad.
"Var är jag? tänkte Kitty dimmigt när hon vaknade. Hon hade fruktansvärt ont i huvudet och händer och fötter var bundna. Dessutom droppade det kallt vatten rakt i ansiktet på henne. Mödosamt satte hon sig upp.
Då upptäckte hon något långt och slipprigt som kom glidande över golvet. Sakta men säkert kom det närmare henne. En orm!"
Då upptäckte hon något långt och slipprigt som kom glidande över golvet. Sakta men säkert kom det närmare henne. En orm!"
Feb 16, 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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- Canonical title
- The Swami's Ring
- Original title
- The Swami's ring
- Original publication date
- 1981
- People/Characters
- Nancy Drew; George Fayne; Bess Marvin
- Important places
- River Heights, USA
- Important events
- River Heights Summer Music Festival
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