These poems might have mentioned an actual guy, but I wouldn't remember that part because I was so perplexed as to how 'chocolate mousse' fit into a love poem.īut, come to think of it, I'll bet the ghostwriters with the most off-beat occurrences in their storylines are just having a bit of fun. I suppose it all depends upon the ghost writer: I recall one book in particular ( #127: The Riddle in the Rare Book) in which Bess starts writing love poetry. Sometimes I wonder if Bess turns to food as a consolation for all of the criticism she receives from her cousin.
'That's a dangerous thing to say to Bess at a restaurant (90)'. 'You sit here and order anything you want. 'And any other seafood she can get her hands on,' added George (20). 'And all the lobsters you can eat,' George teased (1). 'Nothing but sunshine, the sea shore, fresh air-' The former generally makes at least one joke or reference to her cousin's love of food, but in this book it was never-ending. Nancy's two best friends usually bicker lightly, and are described as being opposites: George is tall and athletic with short dark hair Bess is short, blonde, very feminine, and slightly plump.
#Color coded box nancy drew the captive curse series
One of the most entertaining aspects about this installment in the series is George's constant criticism of her cousin Bess' eating habits. Just wait until I pounce on The Curse of the Black Cat, which is so unrealistic I was laughing the whole way through.īack to The Ghost of Craven Cove (I apologise for deviating from the subject at hand so consistently). I suppose it's one of those things a pre-teen girl isn't expected to notice- another reason I feel just a tad too old to be reading Nancy Drew books. Laura also spills case details to the most likely suspects, whom she adamantly insists are not involved because 'they were SUCH good friends of Daddy's.' Which reminds me, every time she sees her father in the caves, he runs away (and I don't blame him!). She is obsessed with Craven Cove, which is near where her father's lobstering boat went down, and claims to have seen her father alive in the caves on multiple occasions. shifts at a restaurant three days a week in the summer (I fail to see how this makes her as 'hard-working' as her Aunt June insists she is), and lost her father six months ago in what was passed off as an accident during a storm. Here's the 411 on Laura: she is 16, works 3-hr. Truth be told, I think she just wants Laura to chill out and shut up. Well, Nancy didn't seem that upset about it. Oh NO! The ancient sea symbol of DOOM? Whatever can we do to be saved?! 'It's an albatross- the ancient sea symbol of doom!' (112). On that last point, I feel the need to share one of my favourite lines: 'It's not just any bird,' said. This mystery is one part personal loss, one part naval conspiracy, stirred into a huge pot of secrets with a fair amount of adventure and only the smallest dab of cheesy one-liners. did I just give away the ending to every single Mary Higgins Clark novel? Oops! My bad!Īnyhow, back on track: The Ghost of Craven Cove may have been written for girls aged 9-12 or so, but the ghostwriter managed to draw in some other elements that make it a bit different from the other books. Not so much Agatha Christie (none could possibly compete with that calibre of story-telling), but more Mary Higgins Clark- minus the mysteriously handsome guy who inevitably turns out to be the culprit. Instead, what I liked about this book is that it consists of the faint outlines of an adult mystery novel. It doesn't have the usual recipe for a Nancy Drew book that would have drawn me in- no long-lost treasures, no experimentation with historical fiction, no hidden compartments holding ancient letters that speak of a secret lost in time. If I had read this book when I was younger, I am almost certain it would have been a favourite of mine. Nancy vows to help Laura Braden determine the truth about her father's fate, once and for all. Miss Braden's brother, Karl, was recently lost at sea and is presumed dead, but his daughter swears she has seen him lurking in the caves of Craven Cove. Nancy, Bess, and George have been invited by their former grade-school teacher June Braden to spend their vacation on the coast of Maine.
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