The Clue on the Crystal Dove

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #160

by Carolyn Keene

A cunning thief is desperate to wreck the opening of a historic landmark -- and Nancy is his target! On Gramercy Park in New York City, the magnificent Van Hoogstraten mansion with its priceless collection of glass birds is about to open to the public. Nancy, Bess, and George are invited, but a series of sinister events puts everything in chaos. When the centerpiece of the collection, a beautiful crystal bird, is stolen, Nancy gets on the case. From family members with motives to keep the house, to an antiques dealer with a personal grudge, suspects abound. And when Nancy goes to the family's abandoned camp in the Adirondack forest, she zeroes in on the truth. In a violent nighttime thunderstorm on a solitary lake, Nancy confronts the culprit. The case is solved -- if she can get to shore alive!

Genres: Mystery, Young Adult, Childrens, Juvenile, Classics, Thriller, Crime

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 22, 2001

About the author

Carolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.

Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.

Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.

Reviews

[SunnyGirlSue]

"Ögonblicket därpå fick hon en knuff, så hård att hon tappade balansen och tumlade över räcket...'

Ngl, Bess did ruin my enjoyment 😔 she was even more annoying and useless than she usually is.

[Jinto]

It's one of the best thriller books i had read in my life. The story takes us to each and every scenes. We feel urged to read more.

[Danny Clark]

This book was exciting and fun to read. Nancy Drew goes to New York with her best friends, Bess and George. They meet important people along the way. She is going to visit her aunt, and to see the grand opening of the museum. Her aunt is friends with the woman opening the museum. The museum will be a display of an amazing artists glass birds. But soon, they start to notice that someone does not want the museum to open. Things begin to unravel and weird incidents start to occur. But lucky them, Nancy Drew is in town. Nancy will investigate along with her friends. You will not believe who they catch!

[lorraine peachey]

The opening of a museum!

Strange goings on at an old home, that is to become a museum to some excellent glass birds. Nancy and her two friends, go to investigate. They get caught up in the mystery, though don’t give up. A late night canoeing, a missing dove and several clues later, the mystery is solved. An excellent book for young and old, many twists and turns to keep you interested until the last page.

[peter f mathias]

A CLASSIC CASE OF A BAD-APPLE immigrant to the U.S.

Ah, what a complicated web we weave when first we semblevtp deceive! Nancy liberates all subsequent generations of the liar'family frombbqthe consequences of that person's distortions.

[Ash]

Reliving childhood memories

[Serena]

My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.

[Dana]

Even Art can be dangerous if dealt by irrational people!

[Katie]

Not my favorite.