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Clue in the Old Album (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories ; 24) by Carolyn Keene
Card catalog description At a doll collector's request for help, a young sleuth searches for an old album, a lost doll, and a missing gypsy violinist. Reader Reviews An Average Nancy Drew Book, August 16, 2003 Reviewer: jtthiel from Nova Scotia, Canada This review concerns the original 1947 edition as well as the revised 1977 edition. While at a concert, Nancy witnesses a man stealing a woman's purse. She chases the thief, but only manages to recover the purse, not it's contents. Nancy befriends the owner of the purse and the woman offers Nancy a mystery to solve. Nancy is to locate the gypsy father of the woman's granddaughter, Rose; the man apparently abandoned his wife and Rose when she was 8 years old. As well, Nancy is to search for a doll which, on her deathbed, Rose's mother hinted contained a secret concerning Rose. I found this book to be alright. It was fairly well-written and has a moderate amount of action. The plot is interesting, but not terribly exciting. One thing which truely disappointed me about the book was the ending. Most of it is fine; however, everything is wrapped up much to quickly and uneventfully. Everything goes from doom-and-gloom to sunshine-and-roses (no pun intended) in a matter of one short, boring paragraph as the police just happen to come along and round all of the bad guys up. Unfortunately, this is the case with most Nancy Drew books and particularly the later editions. Having said this, the book wasn't that bad and most fans of the series would probably enjoy it.
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