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Nancy Drew Files #67
Nobody's Business
Nancy, Ned and Bess are helping Ned's friend Andrew with construction to transform a grand old inn into a hot new rock club but it has turned into a design for disaster. Someone is playing deadly pranks on the voulnteers of the building site but Nancy's determined to stop a saboteur before the dirty business gets downright deadly!
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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About the author
Carolyn Keene
1,073 books3,891 followersCarolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
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October 10, 2016
Another fun volume in this series.
(A deejay named Master Blaster? Somebody was playing a little too much Nintendo!)
(A deejay named Master Blaster? Somebody was playing a little too much Nintendo!)
September 28, 2019
Read in 2008
August 6, 2022
This was definitely my least favorite Nancy Drew books that I’ve read so far I was able to guess who it was by the first couple of chapters. Overall it was a good book.
July 9, 2024
I finished this book on a cold rainy day, and it was one of the library books I took out two weeks ago. I didn't want to read something that required too much concentration and since Nancy Drew's adventures are easy to digest and to read, it was the perfect book.
While I've read far more gripping Nancy Drew novels, this one was sweet and to the point.
While I've read far more gripping Nancy Drew novels, this one was sweet and to the point.
November 27, 2019
Nancy, Ned and the girls are helping Neds friend renovate an old house when the team is suddenly struck by a nasty run of sabotage.
July 16, 2023
Kind of a weird one.
September 2, 2024
You KNOW it's 1992 when there's a character who's a white guy named Master Blaster AKA Blaster, the amateur deejay.
April 30, 2025
3 stars. Not the most interesting case but I thought this was so much fun because Nancy, Bess, and Ned had to work together to solve it. I really enjoyed that and I did like the ending.
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