The Mystery at the Ski Jump

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The Mystery at the Ski Jump
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Author Carolyn Keene
LanguageEnglish
Series Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Genre Juvenile literature
Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date
1952
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback(UK only))
Preceded by The Clue of the Black Keys  
Followed by The Clue of the Velvet Mask  

The Mystery at the Ski Jump is the twenty-ninth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1952 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Alma Sasse.

Contents

Plot

Nancy, Bess, and George follow the trail of fur thieves to New York and into Canada. While trying to catch the thieves, Nancy must catch a woman named Mitzi Channing who is using Nancy's identity. Nancy finds out that everyone who has been buying from Mitzi is in a dreadful trap. In the climax to the mystery she is kidnapped by one of the criminals. He catcher her spying on him in a wooded area. He grabs her from behind and claps his hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming. Nancy has no chance of escaping from him. He ties her up and gags her, then carries his prisoner deeper into the woods. There he leaves her in a locked cabin so she will starve. However, Nancy's friends are able to rescue her in the 11th hour.

Publication

The novel was published in 1952 by Grosset & Dunlap. [1] [2] It was the 29th Nancy Drew novel and was written by the ghostwriter Alma Sasse. [3]

Reception

It was ranked 54th of the 56 classic volumes in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series by The Week . [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Garcia, Catherine; published, The Week US (2019-10-10). "All 56 classic Nancy Drew books, ranked". theweek. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  2. ↑ Penzler, Otto (2012). The Great Detectives: The World's Most Celebrated Sleuths Unmasked by Their Authors. Open Road Media. ISBN   978-1-4532-6640-3.
  3. ↑ Dyer, Carolyn Stewart; Romalov, Nancy Tillman (1995). Rediscovering Nancy Drew. University of Iowa Press. ISBN   978-0-87745-501-1.


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