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| | Amazon.com: The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 5): Books: Carolyn G. Keene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | The original "Secret of Shadow Ranch" was published by the syndicate responsible for all the Nancy Drew books in the 1930s. |
 | | 100 pages into the book, there's no indicaion of any "secret" at the ranch, but there are some weak hints about secrets that other people might have, involving a kidnapped little girl, a medically naive case of amnesia and a long-lost father miraculously returning home. |
 | | The story is weak, because it's not very interesting to read, it's predictable, and worst of all is the fact that Nancy manages to "solve" two mini-mysteries with one simple telegram from her father, who did all the sleuthing on his own outside the plot. |
| www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/044809505X?v=glance (2145 words) |
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