Nancy Drew Books

Death by Design was an awesome, awesome book. It's got to be one of my favorite Nancy Drew books that I've read. It kept you going the whole time and I especially liked the fact that Ned was in it (I'm a big Nancy/Ned fan) and that he was always there for Nancy. Here's a little more about the book...

Nancy Drew goes with her friend Bess Marvin to help a famous designer when she begins to get death threats. But when Nancy is accidentally poisoned, it becomes something much more than finding a poison pen writer. Nancy must find the antidote that will save her life...before it's too late.

I'd definately recommend this book, especially if you're a big Nancy/Ned fan (like I am :D ). There's only one thing that I didn't like. I really don't like mushy endings to books at all, and this book had a mushy ending...the last seven pages kind of stunk compared to the rest of the book, and I wish they had been written differently, but they weren't, so I'll deal with it.

Death by Design is an awesome book and I think you should really read it if you haven't yet :)

Beware of these books. If you are looking for supplemental reading for your Nancy Drew lover, beware. These books are highly inappropriate for the typical Nancy Drew lover. Content is not only "inappropriate" for the pre-teen crowd, but the vocabulary and content is flooded with sexual undertones intermixed with poor values. I was floored to find that these books were being marketed to the Nancy Drew reader. Many naive parents who purchase this series would be quite surprised at their content. Do you really want your child to be reading how Nancy Drew "sexily smiled" at a stranger? Parents who fondly remember days snuggled up under the cover with a good Nancy Drew book will randomly pick up this series expecting the same good mystery and wholesome read. It causes me to pause and ponder what other deceptions publishers are using to exploit our children. Read one yourself and decide if you are not being fooled into thinking your children are just reading another "good book."

I LUV THIS BOOK!!!! THis was the first in the Nancy Drew files that I read. I had read most of the original books and didn't think I'd like this later one near as much, but BOY, was I wrong! THis Book is about Nancy and her friend Bess, when they go to visit one of The most popular fashion designers, Kim Daley. Kim has been getting death threats, and she has asked Nancy to come and investegate. But after being there only a few minutes, a paperweight explodes in Kim's office. Then, trying to forget about the threats and strange happenings for a while, Bess, Nancy, and Kim, go to get lunch. But soon, Nancy starts feeling, strange. She is dizzy, and hears a ringing noise, all of the sudden, she loses her appetite, she becomes very weak, red and black dots dance in front of her eyes. THen, in the middle of the food court, nancy collapses. She wakes up and is freezing, with a splitting headache, she is shaking and sweating. She takes a nap for a while, but it doesn't help. Throughout the whole book, nancy will faint and then wake up, she thinks that she just has a virus, but she soon gets a note from the criminal, it reads, " I can not mention my name yet, but THe poison wasn't meant for you! It was meant for Kim. P.S. IF you don't get treatment within 72 hours of the poisining, you will die!" From then on, it is a race against time to find the criminal, and get a treatment before it is all over. on the last day, nancy's spells get worse, and she faints more often she also finds out that Kims dog, who got poisined the same day as nancy, has died at the animal hospital. Nancy goes to the hospital, and has her blood drawn, but the doctors can't find out what the poisiin is and if they give her the wrong antidote, she might die because of the wrong medicine! Will she survive?? Find out, in Death By Design. Suspects:
Lina, another fashion designer who will do whatever it takes to be the best.
Paul, Lina's assistant who seems to always be at the wrong place at the wrong time. (he also loved Kim daley, but she broke his heart.)
Alison, who is Lina's other assistant, (she loves Paul, but knows that he has no interest in her, and that he loves Kim.)
Morgan, Kim's little sister, who does everything for Kim. (Kim bosses her around all the time, and makes her do everything around the office.)
The worker at the pressing shop,(the place where they press all of the designs before the models wear them.) Who refuses to have anything to do with the poisning and threats.
Miss Swang, who also works at the pressing shop. (she is very strange, her clothes are mismatched, her hair is crazy, and she has a funny accent.) This book is very good. Trust me, I love it, and you will too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nancy Drew and her friend Bess Marvin travel into a world of fashion. Behind all the clothes though, there is someone determained to see the death of Kim Daley a fashion designer. A poison that was meant for Kim was given to Nancy. Know Nancy has only 72 hours to live. Can Nancy find the poisoner and the antidote before it's to late? As time goes on Nancy gets weaker and weaker so time is running out fast. She finds that that the one person that knows the antitote is dying and unless Nancy can think of a way to save her she will be dead too. Read this book to see how/if she servives. R.B age 12

Title: The Spider Sapphire Mystery
By: Carolyn Keene
Reviewed by: B.Beard
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In this book Nancy goes on another wild journey. This book was really fun and it keeps you on the end of your chair. In the book Nancy tries to find out a mystery about a spider sapphire , and at the same time she is taking a trip to Africa and trying to find a firend's brother. The reason that I liked this book was because it has many descriptive words, and it gave lots of detail about how each person felt about a topic. Some reasons that I dislike this book was because in the story there were some misspelled words and the student on the trip that caused a lot of interruptions. While Nancy, her friends and students from her school were on the plane a girl name Gwen was told to sit down. She said "If I'm going to get killed I want to be standing up, not sitting down." Then the captain of the plane asked her to take her seat and she said "I'm going to have my father sue this airline!" Again and again she was told to take her seat, but she never did, until the airplane almost crashed!
My two favorite parts of the book was when Nancy found out wher Ned was and saved him, and when Nancy got to me a girl named Lilia Bulawaya. She was a great singer and friend. Lilia had asked Nancy to find her brother in Africa. Nancy agreed that she would try. Nancy gave another great mystery away. Well who knows maybe one day I might just turn out to be another Nancy Drew!

Nancy, Bess and George go on an African safari with a group of Emerson University students. Before leaving, Nancy is asked by a singer to locate her missing brother who was a safari guide. Also, a synthetic spider sapphire is on display in River Heights (apparently it must rival New York or Los Angeles for these types of shows), but the exhibition is troubled by reports the that owner of the synthetic sapphire has stolen the real spider sapphire on which the synthetic one was modelled. In typical fashion, both mysteries which originate on another continent are tied to the exact place in Africa where Nancy is going. If someone can find even the smallest shred of something to enjoy in this book, I wish they would let me know because I couldn't find anything in it that I thought was good. The plot was boring, the writing was bad, the action was...there was no action, even the artwork was terrible. I didn't enjoy this book at all and I can't recommend it to anyone.

I have read alot of Nancy Drew books in my life.But the Spider Sapphire Mystery was my favorite of all the NANCY Drew books.I highly recommond this book.If you want a good mystery and you really like Nancy Drew books or any other mystery books like Hardy Boys READ Nancy Drew and the Spider Sapphire Mystery.JESSICA AGE 10

"The Spider Sapphire Mystery" is one of the best Nancy Drews I've ever read. It was a little more exciting than the other books. It's about Nancy trying to find a genuine spider sapphire and she's also trying to find the brother of a famous singer. This brother, named Tizam, then turns out to be part of the spider sapphire theft---but without his knowledge. Confused? Hurry and read the book!

This Book was really great. I loved the action and the scam. It was great. I really think that people 10 and up would enjoy this book alot.

I rented this book from the library and read it in about two hours. I love the action and the suspense of the book. I would reccomend this book to anyone who is 10 or older.

I grew up with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. I've read some of the original editions (which unfortunately reflect the sexism and overt racism of their pre-WWII origins), all but one or two of the re-writes from the 1960s and 1970s (which are better in those categories), and significant proportion of the 'new' versions.

I enjoy seeing the social attitudes, clothing, and slang change between editions.

I'm not impressed with the newer editions. They pander to a rather cynical and juvenile fantasy of effortless omnipotence. The main characters are never portrayed as developing their skills; instead, they sprang omniscient and invincible from the forehead of the writing committee. Furthermore, the old sense of responsibility -- for example, that you pay your own way and keep in contact with your family -- has disappeared from this book, just like it's disappeared from Hollywood's notion of pre-teen society.

A major theme of these books (which, BTW, are marketed to pre-teen girls, not boys) is that You Must Have a Boyfriend to be Complete. There are regular scenes in which Joe, who is now intuition incarnate, defends his latest beautiful crush against suspicious evidence (he falls for a new one at least once each book), where Frank and Nancy admit being somewhat attracted to each other...

This particular book has the additional bad grace of introducing not one, but TWO bit players who are throwing constant, life-consuming temper tantrums because Mom and Dad Don't Like My Boyfriend. I can't imagine why the world needs more examples of self-centered brats.

I recommend steering clear of this book.

I recieved this book in the mail today from amazon.com.About a half hour ago I finished it and I was really pretty disapointed.the mystery part was very good but a bit confusing.they did mention the whole Nancy/Frank thing although very dicreetly.that should have been brought up more but tahts just my opinion.Maybe if i read the book again it will come across more clearly.

I bought this for my 8-year-old daughter, expecting another winner in the great Nancy Drew series. Be warned that this ain't one of them. This book is a modernized version of Nancy, and not a very nice modernization. If you're wondering how the same author, Carolyn Keene, can keep cranking out new novels after 70 years, she can't; it's a committee of authors. This one is so "modern" that it's really a turn-off. It's not the Nancy we all know and love and grew up with.

Somebody is sabotaging the new luxury spa that's just opened in town, and the owner is a client of Carson Drew's. Everyone would sure like to be there for the big opening, and Nancy has tickets for herself and her best friends.

With the heat being turned way up, meat being added to the vegetarian food, and uggggh -- bugs -- this sure isn't the luxury that customers are expecting. It looks like the spa will be driven out of business, that is, until Nancy Drew is on the case.

But Nancy has to wonder -- why is her dear friend, George, acting so very strangely? Could she be at the bottom of all this trouble?

Secret of the Spa is a fun read that will readers turning the pages 'till the very end!

There's a new spa in town, and Nancy's father, Carson Drew, got Nancy, Bess, and George V.I.P. passes! There's trouble on the home front, however, and the spa is sabatoged. Nancy is on the case! There's another problem, though, and that's that George has been acting pretty strange lately...

This book was great! There was a good and intense plot. Nancy, as always, is very astute. I really enjoyed this. 5 stars out of 5.

This book was published in March of 2005, so it is reallly recent. In it, there is a new spa opening in river heights, and the owner is Nnacy's father's client. Mr. Drew got free all day V.I.P passes to the grand-opening, and Nancy and Bess can't wait to go, although George is really reluctant. When they get there, though, there's a mystery: someone's trying to sabotage the spa. But, who? Nancy wants to find out, and like usual, NOTHING'S going to stop her. The sabotages include heat turned way up in the sauna room, meat in the all vegetarian menu, and cockroaches in the mud bath. I bought this book as soon as it came out, and I don't regret spending the money. I give this book 5 stars.

I loved this mystery. It's a story about a frat prank that got way outta hand.

This book was great. These series show a more mature Nancy and how she is dealing with college life and guys.But she still can't stay away from solving mysteries.

Absolute garbage...this whole series. It is nothing at all like the previous ND series.An insult to every fan.

Defintely good! I really liked it. Nancy really is a great dectevie, you know? And the way Nancy and Jake are falling in love is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was a very quick read for me; I finished it in a day and a half. Even so, this was a good book in my opinion. It was fun to try to guess along at the suspects, and at times had me in suspense. This book was given 4 stars because I've read better, and it had a fairly disapointing last 2 pages. I don't really think that the very end of the book was very well written; it did not leave a dramatic mark for me... Anyways, overally I'd still reccomend this book to anyone who likes mysteries and is looking for a quick read.

I think that this book wasn't horrible, but it certainly wasn't the best, either. I'm a huge Nancy/Ned fan, so you can see why I wasn't that thrilled by it. I think that Nancy treated Ned kind of cruddy, and I see why Ned was upset about some things--but not all things. I think that there were parts where he acted like a total jerk for no reason at all, and it sort of changed the way that I used to look at him.

As for the story, I suppose I should talk a little about it too. Nancy takes on a case involving a basketball scandle who continues to play "pranks" on the Emerson College basketball team. The team and the coaches are upset and, taking Ned's advice, their coach asks Nancy to investigate. Nancy, unable to turn down a mystery, takes on the case, only to find that the joker is soon on to her, too. But to her, that's only part of her problem. The other problem is her relationship with Ned--which doesn't seem to be going too well at all. Can she solve the case and keep her love at the same time? Read to find out...

Although I kind of already ruined it for ya in the top part...but just ignore that if ya haven't read the book yet... :)

I loved this book 100%. It was my first "Nancy Drew Files" book and it was so good. I would recomend this to people who love mysteries and like to guess who the suspects are. I never would have guessed who it was, but that is the fun of reading the book. This is a really good book,and I would recomend it to the people who like the Nancy Drew Mysteries. If they don't like those books it doesn't really matter, because these are even better.

In this book, Nancy has to investigate a series of pranks that has been happening in the Emerson basketball team, where her boyfriend, Ned Nickerson, is playing for. This time the case isn't like her usual case. Most of her suspects are Ned's teammates and one of them is his closest friend. Nancy even suspects Ned for a while that they end up having an ugly fight. As usual, Nancy solves the case, but something happens in her relationship with Ned. I won't spoil the details. What happens next in their relationship continues in the next Nancy Drew Files, #9: False Moves, and #10: Buried Secrets. All I can say, this is a very emotional book for me.

This is the first contemporary Nancy Drew I've read in a while. I was a bit disappointed by both the plot and language (dullish), compared with books fromthe past. However, I was thrilled to see that Nancy's long-time boyfriend, Ned Nickerson, who had been omitted from the books for years, is back. Of course, the relationship between them here is totally unromantic.

This was a great book! It has all the things needed in a mystery:action, suspence, and adventure. A great job you're doing, Ms. Keene, and keep up the great work!

Katie Firestone, champion kayaker and owner of a whale-watching tour boat, has invited George, along with Nancy, Ned, and Bess, to vacation in Seabreak, north of San Francisco. But when Katie's boat is vandalized, suspicion falls on fisherman Holt Scotto, who may be trying to run Katie out of business.

The menace doesn't stop there: a bike accident, a stalker, danger at an abandoned lighthouse, and a terrifying kayak trip leads Nancy to a hidden sea cave. Inside, Nancy discovers a dangerous secret. Soon her fearless instincts pluunge her deeper into trouble--and it will take all her courage, daring, and wits to get herself and her friends out of it alive! Will they make it? Read this book and find out!

An ok story for a Nancy Drew paperback, Nancy must find out who is vandalizing Katie's place and trying to ruin her. The title sounds spooky, but this book is pretty predictable. Nancy races against the suspects as clues build, and there are some tense scenes in the book. Buy Whispers in the Fog to find out what happens to Katie, Holt, Bess, George, and of course, Nancy!

Nancy, Ned, George, and Bess are in northern California for kayaking with George's friend Katie, when Katie's boat is vandalized! Soon after that, lots of things start happening (as always) like a stalker, a bike "accident", trapped in a abandoned lighthouse, and a terrifying kayak trip. It has two really cool endings. (I don't want to give too much away.)

This was the first book I read out of this series. I wasn't sure if I would like it.Once I read it I was hooked on the series. The way Nancy thinks about her feelings for Frank is great. There should be more romance between them in the series than there is. I've read this book twice, and the second time I liked it even more. I would recomend this book to anyone.

I haven't yet found a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mystery that I like. I had the misfortune of reading this one recently.

The first time I attempted this book, I actually screamed and put the story down on the second page, when George -- level-headed, athletic, practical George -- falls head-over-heels in love the instant she lays eyes on a new man.

Nancy ticks her off for asking him (a reasonable, relevant, Miss-Manners-would-approve) question, and George defensively spits back, "I was just, you know, interested!"

Nancy, of course, resorts to the deep inward sigh. She could tell by George's tone of voice that she was in love...

It was just so unbelievably *dreadful*. Can you believe such garbage? Can you believe the defensiveness, the eye-rolling intolerance, the destructiveness of this interaction, the cynical "I'm too polite to tell you that you shouldn't fall for a cute guy, but I'm not grown up enough to realize that it's none of my business" -- and we're only on page 2?

Well, thinking back to junior high, I remember that this was about how it went: She might like him, so her best friend felt rejected, so obviously they have to be jerks about it, and so on. Even the eye-rolling and "just, you know, like, I mean!" were all part of the ritual.

But you kind of hope that people grow out of it. That kind of thing is why junior high is so awful.

The good news is that George's interest in said young man turns out to be irrelevant to the rest of the book; in fact, there's remarkably little of this series' hallmark, which is that investigations must be handled with a strange sort of tact to avoid suggesting that someone's crush might be a suspect.

The rest of the book isn't as bad. The Hardy Boys' plot is beyond belief (do you really think the government would hire a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old to track down missing nuclear material? And then not even give them basic equipment, like a Geiger counter?).

The denouement is a little weak; for example, sudden changes in political and professional positions are announced for no readily apparent reason. (Well, I don't count "we're in L-U-V" to be a readily apparent reason.)

But overall it certainly improves once you get past the beginning.

This book was the second I've read of the series, and it's one of my favorites. Nancy Drew and George Fayne travel to Oklahoma to help find a thief, and the morning after they arrive, one of their information sources is found dead! Nancy and George investigate the murder while Joe and Frank Hardy are searching for a missing truckload of uranium that has been traced to Altus, Oklahoma. Nancy finds that she has a lot of suspects, and Frank and Joe have a lot of people involved in their case too. Are their cases connected? And will they find the murderer, thief, and the uranium before an even more drastic event takes place? Carolyn Keene's Buried in Time is a great read, with many guesses, suspects, and even a secret romance! This book is great for anyone who is a fan of mystery and detective stories! This is definitely a must-read book!

Although I am a big Nancy Drew fan, I'd have to say this was not one of my favorite books. Although parts of it are intriguing (as all Nancy stories are) Some parts are just downright boring. However, if you're a diehard Nancy Drew fan, you still have to get this book for your collection!

Nancy Drew: The case of the lost song is a very suspenseful book. The story takes place in Chicago. There are many events, and some had to do more with the main issue. Nancy and her two friends Bess and George bring some items to the "Old Can Be Gold" show just for fun. In George's old tape recorder they discover a recording of a famous rock band. But before they can get it approved, it gets stolen. Another huge event is that Nancy comes up with several different suspects to analyze while trying to find out who stole the tap recorder. She comes up with a dealer, a publicist with access to the shows database, a talented singer in desperate need of money, and a pair of twins. Nancy Drew is determined to figure out who has done it so that the con artist does not erase them for good. The main problem in this wonderful book is that the precious tape recorder with a heap worth of money song on it has been stolen. If they want that money, then they have to use all their might to try and figure out who has stolen it. They do this by interviewing all of the suspects and analyzing the location where it was stolen. In the end they figure out that the person that stole it was the snobby dealer. Turns out that he wanted all the money he could get for that precious tape so he was planning on trading it for a diamond ring. In the end, Nancy and her friends end up getting it back and get all of the money they deserved for it. I'm not going to tell you how they got it back though. You will just have to read and find out!

The is the greatest book ever!This is my first Nancy Drew book,
I've ever read and I really enjoy it!This is my favorite book ever!
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes Nancy Drew books.
So you better go to the stores right away if you want action,adventure and fun.

Kind of boring, if you ask me. I really was expecting some real romance and drama when I picked up this book, and couldn't be more disappointed with the way it ended up turning out.

When i picked up this book, I was expecting some real drama and action, but truthfully it was kind of boring. But good the way Peter and Nancy are in love with eachother, but won't admit it.

Everybody at Wilder University is ecstatic to hear that the star of the hit television series, The President's Daughter, Casey Fontaine, has enrolled in Wilder University. Even better than that, she is sharing a suite with everyone's favorite teen-sleuth, Nancy Drew, at Thayer Hall. But while Nancy is interviewing Casey for the Wilder Times, the universities newspaper, she finds out that Casey fears for her life. Bess, on the other hand, is facing a crisis of her own. She knows the deep, dark secret of a guy on campus, and realizes that it's time for her to admit it to everyone. And Nancy, who's relationship with Peter Goodwin, a pre-med student, is going great, yet she doesn't really want to admit it.

Fans of previous Nancy Drew mysteries will be surprised that opposed to doing detective work, Nancy and her closest friends, Bess, George, etc. are spending more time dealing with schoolwork, and romantic relationships. Still a good book, nonetheless, and an exciting mystery and drama for Nancy Drew fans.

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