About the Author Carolyn Keene is a pen name used by a variety of authors for the classic Nancy Drew Mystery series. An attempted kidnapping, a nearly disastrous sailboat collision, and an encounter with a dishonest sculptor are just a few of the exciting challenges that Nancy is faced with as she gathers evidence against a clever ring of art thieves. Despite these precautions, danger stalks Nancys every move. To solve both mysteries, the famous young detective disguises herself and assumes a false identity. Horace Merriam commissioned anart dealer to sell-has he swindled her instead? The second mystery revolves around the baffling theft of a beautiful marble statue. Book Synopsis Once again, Nancy faces two puzzling mysteries at once! The first concerns a valuable collection of rare books that Mrs.
The Whispering Statue isn’t a horrible novel, but I feel even children will notice and wonder at the discrepancies and overly convenient coincidences.About the Book Nancy and her friends establish headquarters in a seaside yacht club to investigate strange happenings in a bookstore and the disappearance of a marble statue. As are the numerous yacht races (Nancy and her friends just so happen to be expert sailors now as well, yelling out nautical talk about jibs and assorted boat stuff as though it was second nature.) What world do these girls live in? and yet that doesn’t really matter at all. The statue’s coincidental appearance isn’t really relevant to the plot, but it adds an extra burden on our already strained belief. Nancy gets a little too into her selling gig, taking time out of the mystery when the gangster skips town to keep the shop open and profitable, again an action that stretches belief to the breaking point. Nancy gets close to the art ring by working in the shop they use as a front, becoming an incredible sales girl who manages to shift thousands in fake stock, which oddly enough doesn’t seem to register with the usually upright sleuth. Bess and George, her known compatriots, also go by their real names and remain sans disguise.because obviously that makes sense. I think Nancy, sleuthing super star that she is, would have done far better than sunglasses and a wig, and her many near misses, running into people who should know and recognize her, just highlight the sloppiness of her disguise.
This was one of my least favorite Nancy stories. At the yacht club, they discover that the famous whispering statue, which looks exactly like Nancy, is a fake! Could this tie into the dubious ring of art thieves? Semi-vacations) to a seaside town where they stay at the yacht club and in between sussing out the dishonest art merchant race boats and receive threats. Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay
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