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A review by bargainsleuth
The Secret at Shadow Ranch by Carolyn Keene
3.0
Original Text-Nancy uses a revolver to shoot a lynx and a snake, and has no sense of direction. Not the infallible Nancy Drew I remember from my youth. This book was the introduction of George and Bess into the series. George makes quite a few mistakes herself, which is also not what I remember from the overall series. I have to say this about Nancy in the original texts: she meets some real shady characters who can't even hide their shadiness, it is so obvious.
There's two mysteries going on here, and of course, in the end, they are connected as only a Nancy Drew book could do. The story was good, better than the first four, mainly because there weren't too many outdated stereotypes, except for poor Bess. She's constantly called plump but the artists never drew her that way, so I never thought she was.
There's two mysteries going on here, and of course, in the end, they are connected as only a Nancy Drew book could do. The story was good, better than the first four, mainly because there weren't too many outdated stereotypes, except for poor Bess. She's constantly called plump but the artists never drew her that way, so I never thought she was.