The Clue in the Diary
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- Author：Carolyn Keene
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Summary
Nancy， Bess and George， returning from a country carnival， witness the malicious burning of a stately home。 Fearing its occupants might be trapped in the fire， they rush to the rescue。 Other motorists including handsome， Ned Nickerson， are also at the scene。 Nancy notices a mysterious man running from the fire and finds a lost diary。 Nancy learns the homeowner and the man who kept the diary are involved in a business transaction in which the latter was cheated。 Despite strong evidence to the contrary， Nancy is convinced of this prime suspect's innocence。 While working to exonerate the troubled man， Nancy is delighted by her new friendship with Ned。 This book is the revised text。 The plot of the original story （©1932） is similar with a major and some minor revisions。
Reviews
Suzanne DiMaria
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Loved
astrid
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ned nickerson tho 💕💗✨💕💗💕✨
Rdschislergmail。com
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At what point does it become interfere in a police investigation？ Withholding evidence？ And then there’s Nancy’s WASPish savior complex。 But gosh I still admire the fantasy of it all—police and other older male authority figures all having to take direction from a teenage girl when she figures out problems ahead of them。 Despite all the book’s faults， that fantasy still appeals。
Kevin Findley
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A standard mystery for Nancy， but this entry introduces Ned Nickerson who became Nancy's long-running boyfriend for the rest of the original run of novels。 Excellent entry point for new readers。Find it！ Buy it！ Read it！ A standard mystery for Nancy， but this entry introduces Ned Nickerson who became Nancy's long-running boyfriend for the rest of the original run of novels。 Excellent entry point for new readers。Find it！ Buy it！ Read it！ 。。。more
Heidi
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This one just wrapped up so conveniently， even for this series。
Kellene
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Yes， the books are seriously dated （eating luncheon daily？） but I still love them for the sake of nostalgia。 And reading this one made me understand something about the MC in most cozy mysteries of today。。。 they clearly all read Nancy Drew as well。 The fact that Nancy held onto a vital piece of evidence， keeping it from the police， with the knowledge of her lawyer father， with no repercussions at all。。。 sounds vaguely familiar。 And this is where we meet Ned Nickerson， which was a treat。 Thanks f Yes， the books are seriously dated （eating luncheon daily？） but I still love them for the sake of nostalgia。 And reading this one made me understand something about the MC in most cozy mysteries of today。。。 they clearly all read Nancy Drew as well。 The fact that Nancy held onto a vital piece of evidence， keeping it from the police， with the knowledge of her lawyer father， with no repercussions at all。。。 sounds vaguely familiar。 And this is where we meet Ned Nickerson， which was a treat。 Thanks for the memories， Nancy。 。。。more
Lauren
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A great read！ The plot was riveting， the side characters were enjoyable， and I was thrilled to see the introduction of Ned finally！
Karen Eng
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Classic Nancy Drew。
Stephanie Dobson
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Fun Fact: Nancy meets Ned in this book。 :）。
Wava
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The characters were complex with understandable motivations， and had their own flaws， making them human。
Diane
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Perfect nostalgic read！！ The gang's all here。 We finally meet Ned in this one。 This is everything that I love about Nancy Drew -- the cliffhanger endings， Nancy actively solving the case， and Bess， George， and Ned are all here to help out。 So much fun！！1 Perfect nostalgic read！！ The gang's all here。 We finally meet Ned in this one。 This is everything that I love about Nancy Drew -- the cliffhanger endings， Nancy actively solving the case， and Bess， George， and Ned are all here to help out。 So much fun！！1 。。。more
Angiolina （Linalovesreading）
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Nancy and friends， Bess and George witness the explosion and burning of a mansion。 The only clues are a man fleeing the scene and a dropped diary。 This is where we get the formal introduction of Ned Nickerson。 He has a key role in solving the mystery as well！
Josie
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Full star for just the audiobook narrator trying to do a Swedish accent。
Kristin G
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2。5
Casey Carback
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One of the less thrilling Nancy Drews out there。
Tess
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Nice story！ Good for ages 7+。
Janet
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Ned Nickerson！ 😀
Jessica
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Ok I can't get past this line given by one of the cops that arrested the innocent man， "his story may be on the level， but he'll have to prove it。" Ummmm noo。 It's not guilty until proven innocent， its the other way around and a cop would know that。 No good lawyer would charge the man on such a lack of evidence which seemed to include nothing more than one hysterical woman's accusations。 Touchy subject in this country right now where everybody is fast to judge on social media so it's too hard fo Ok I can't get past this line given by one of the cops that arrested the innocent man， "his story may be on the level， but he'll have to prove it。" Ummmm noo。 It's not guilty until proven innocent， its the other way around and a cop would know that。 No good lawyer would charge the man on such a lack of evidence which seemed to include nothing more than one hysterical woman's accusations。 Touchy subject in this country right now where everybody is fast to judge on social media so it's too hard for me to ignore this even though its only 1 line。 I'm sure it's not intentional， these stories are obviously very simple， but I maintain that an author in the United States writing characters that live in the United States should not have written that line and it bugs me。 。。。more
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Pam Butts
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4。5 This was a solid mystery， in which an unscrupulous businessman takes advantage of naive inventors， attempts insurance fraud， and might have framed an innocent man - if not for the intervention and quick-thinking of our heroine。 Ned Nickerson is finally introduced in this book as a brand new character， so the brief （in parentheses） mention of him in the Shadow Ranch book leads me to believe these are out of order。 Or， since the “racist” language in Shadow Ranch needs updating， they might as w 4。5 This was a solid mystery， in which an unscrupulous businessman takes advantage of naive inventors， attempts insurance fraud， and might have framed an innocent man - if not for the intervention and quick-thinking of our heroine。 Ned Nickerson is finally introduced in this book as a brand new character， so the brief （in parentheses） mention of him in the Shadow Ranch book leads me to believe these are out of order。 Or， since the “racist” language in Shadow Ranch needs updating， they might as well republish and remove the Ned reference in that book， as well。 。。。more
Norkett
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More characters， more fun， especially when they are on Nancy's side looking out for good and getting to the bottom of mysteries。 More characters， more fun， especially when they are on Nancy's side looking out for good and getting to the bottom of mysteries。 。。。more
Sathya
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First meeting of Ned Nickerson and Nancy Drew。 In first few chapters， we can guess the whole story， its all about searching Raybolt。 Introducing Swensons' added little twist， but mystery unraveled pretty fast。 Its pretty much straight forward plot， where everyone either try to guess or make excuses。 If you want to check out how Nancy meets Ned ， read the story or else skip the book。 I don't understand why they named this book "Clue in a diary"， Diary is hardly a clue， which Mr Swensons can't tel First meeting of Ned Nickerson and Nancy Drew。 In first few chapters， we can guess the whole story， its all about searching Raybolt。 Introducing Swensons' added little twist， but mystery unraveled pretty fast。 Its pretty much straight forward plot， where everyone either try to guess or make excuses。 If you want to check out how Nancy meets Ned ， read the story or else skip the book。 I don't understand why they named this book "Clue in a diary"， Diary is hardly a clue， which Mr Swensons can't tell Nancy by himself and clue doesn't gives Nancy any lead to solve the mystery。 。。。more
Producervan in Cornville， AZ from New Orleans & L。A。
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The Clue in the Diary by Carolyn Keene。 1995 Printing。 Hardcover edition。 174 pages。 Published by Grosset and Dunlap。 5 Stars。 In book #7， Nancy and her friends， girl cousins George and Bess， witness an exploding mansion。 Nancy finds a ring and a diary out back and sees a man fleeing the scene。 An exciting fast-paced mystery which also features handsome Ned Nickerson， Nancy’s new beau。 Highly recommend。
Sophia
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god i love the 50s
Randi Clarke
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Another Nancy Drew mystery solved！This mystery starts off right away instead of a chapter or two of build-up like the previous six books do。As usual， Nancy is drawn to a seemingly ordinary problem by one little clue that keeps building from the beginning of the story to end of it。She has help along the way; her friends George and Bess， housekeeper Hannah Gruen， father Carson Drew and new-comer Ned Nickerson。With their help， Nancy is able to solve the mystery and get out of a jam or two herself。
Tarissa
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Wow， it was such a refreshing experience to read a good Nancy Drew mystery。 This one has its interesting points！ 。。。 There's a diary written in Swedish， an inventor's house that suddenly blew up in flames 。。。 and a little girl that catches the heart of Nancy and her friends （their kindness towards the girl and her mother is unbelievable）。 This makes me excited to read another Nancy book sometime。 Wow， it was such a refreshing experience to read a good Nancy Drew mystery。 This one has its interesting points！ 。。。 There's a diary written in Swedish， an inventor's house that suddenly blew up in flames 。。。 and a little girl that catches the heart of Nancy and her friends （their kindness towards the girl and her mother is unbelievable）。 This makes me excited to read another Nancy book sometime。 。。。more
Brianna
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I read all the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy books my grammy had while my mom and I were staying at her house in New Hampshire in 1989。 It was over the summer between 3rd and 4th grade （so each of these will be marked as read in July， though some of them were probably read in June and August as well）。 As an adult， I don't remember much about them other than I was unable to put each book down until I finished it。 Even in 1989， this was a fantastic series。 As an frequent reader of YA， I'm tempted to pi I read all the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy books my grammy had while my mom and I were staying at her house in New Hampshire in 1989。 It was over the summer between 3rd and 4th grade （so each of these will be marked as read in July， though some of them were probably read in June and August as well）。 As an adult， I don't remember much about them other than I was unable to put each book down until I finished it。 Even in 1989， this was a fantastic series。 As an frequent reader of YA， I'm tempted to pick one of these up again to see if it holds up。 。。。more
Laura
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It's a cold wet rainy Valentine's Day， so a very nice day to sit beside the fire with a cup of tea and read Nancy Drew--especially as this book in the introduction to one of the best book boyfriends ever， Ned Nickerson！Nancy: "Maybe you shouldn't beg too hard， Ned。 You may find yourself being called upon to do all kinds of outlandish sleuthing jobs。"Ned: "I'm at your service！"I couldn't help but laugh at that。 Boy is a fool in love and has no idea what he has gotten himself into， but he'll gladl It's a cold wet rainy Valentine's Day， so a very nice day to sit beside the fire with a cup of tea and read Nancy Drew--especially as this book in the introduction to one of the best book boyfriends ever， Ned Nickerson！Nancy: "Maybe you shouldn't beg too hard， Ned。 You may find yourself being called upon to do all kinds of outlandish sleuthing jobs。"Ned: "I'm at your service！"I couldn't help but laugh at that。 Boy is a fool in love and has no idea what he has gotten himself into， but he'll gladly do anything and everything Nancy asks。 Seriously， they have the sweetest relationship。The mystery itself was also really good and has one of the most satisfying endings once the case is closed！ 。。。more
Eliza Shiels
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I loved this book a lot my sister and I listened to it together and totally loved it！！
Potterhead Aanya
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I loved it！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！"The book you have will help"uhh yeahAhh so this is the book where Nancy and Ned meetand the raybolts disgust melook what honey's family had to go throughi hate such kind of people I loved it！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！"The book you have will help"uhh yeahAhh so this is the book where Nancy and Ned meetand the raybolts disgust melook what honey's family had to go throughi hate such kind of people 。。。more
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