SUMMARY
Nancy and friends are back in another mystery. This time the super sleuth is asked by a woman named Mrs. Putney to help recover her stolen jewelry. Nancy searches from River Heights to New Orleans in her quest to solve this mystery. But her sleuthing skills are put to the test because Mrs. Putney acts really weird and these other two girls are being taken advantage of by so-called spirits who are scamming them for their money. This mystery is new to me. I cannot recall reading this when I was younger. There is some stuff in here that made me laugh because some of these people were real suckers but then I guess a good scam artist can make anyone believe they are legit.
The story starts off with a jeweler in River Heights bringing Mrs’ Putney to Nancy because she is a girl. A girl you say? Why yes. You see, Mrs. Putney has been told by the so-called “spirit” of her late husband to bury her jewels in a clearing in the woods away from her house and to never tell any man or woman what she had done. But she can tell Nancy because Nancy is a girl. Oh boy. When I read that cuckoo bells started ringing in my head. But Nancy is much more polite then I am and decide to look into the case, because Mrs. Putney went back to the clearing, dug up her jewels, took them to the jeweler and found out they had been replaced by fake ones.
This starts Nancy off onto a journey that leads her to New Orleans to find a thief, and back to River Heights and a nearby “haunted” house. There are secret rooms, glowing “ghosts”, people in trances, and more.
This story was not so enjoyable. I found the premise of the older woman needing to seek out a girl to solve a mystery because she could not speak to a man or woman just plain goofy. This was an older woman who should have had more common sense. Then again I know there are people who get suckered into stuff everyday, so maybe I can forgive that one. But the story was just bland. I wish they had focused more of the mystery on the house itself, perhaps coming up with a plot specific to this particular house. I don’t recommend this revised version. I have not read the original, but I have a feeling that I am not in for much difference in the story. I believe that another blogger noted that as the Nancy Drew books went up in number they became less interesting and more predictable. I really want to read a good Nancy Drew story, but the past few I have read have just been duds for me. I cannot even get the want to post about them, I found them interesting.
Reflect – I felt it was coward of the swindlers to manipulate the fragile victims like Mrs. Putney and Lola White. It’s sad to know that there are people like those characters in this book really existing in this world. Those people are just wasting their talents; simply using it to abuse and jinx innocent people. But in the other side, I am grateful to know that even there are many cheats co-existing with us, they are people, like Nancy Drew, who is obliging; ready to serve, to help ones out in times of trouble. I venerate Nancy Drew’s approach in this book. She never lose hope to solve the queer case even if it threatened her own life.
Connect – Back when I was young, I lost my ring. I was anxious. That ring has a sentimental value, thus my father gave it to me as a birth day present. Actually I’m not the one who lost it. It was stolen away. I understand Mrs. Putney’s feelings when her husband’s precious ring was filched. She was eager (as I was) to catch up the thief.
Question – I wonder why, there any people who are stupid enough to believe in such absurd séances saying that they could speak to the victims’ love-ones. It’s really obvious that was only a trick.
Predict – I think the victims of the Three Branch Ranch got their pieces. Hope they learn their lessons-not to trust easily a stranger. And to our heroine, Nancy Drew, I expect there are lots of adventures and cases are coming to her.
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