The Sign of the Twisted Candles
by:
Carolyn Keene (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780448195094 (0448195097)
Publish date: August 1st 1974
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
Classics,
Literature,
Juvenile,
American,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime
Series: Nancy Drew 7 (#9)
Nancy, Bess and George are stuck in a thunderstorm on their way home in Nancy's roadster. Two trees are struck by lightning before their eyes, which, wow. The conditions are so bad they seek shelter at a house advertising meals "at the sign of the twisted candles". While freshening up before tea, ...
This was a good one. The mystery was interesting, and the surprise at the end about Carol's identity came as a shock. I wasn't expecting it. The only thing I have to complain about (not about this book in particular but in the Nancy Drew mysteries in general) is the fact that none of them are murder...
Don't remember much but I liked Nancy and the mysteries.
Enjoyable book for young girls.
I remember the first time I read Nancy Drew. It blew my mind that there were girls presented with a brain. Most of the stuff I'd read up to that time, was that girls were sugar and spice - fluffy. No brains. To also learn about George who is a tomboy was a nice validation. Carolyn Keene wrote j...