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Nancy Drew: Girl Detective #32
The Perfect Escape
This time, I may be in way over my head. What started out as a simple undercover mission at a beauty pageant in New York City has turned into complete chaos! The pageant's sponsor, Pretty Face Cosmetics, knows that I've uncovered a big secret about their product, and now I'm in serious trouble. They want to keep me quiet - no matter what it takes.
Now I'm being held hostage by two supercreepy bad guys, without a phone, and worse, without my friends! I know that Bess and George are doing everything they can to find me, but time is running out. I have to figure out a way to get back to that pageant so I can reveal Pretty Face's secret...before it's too late for the next Miss Pretty Face, and millions of other girls!
Now I'm being held hostage by two supercreepy bad guys, without a phone, and worse, without my friends! I know that Bess and George are doing everything they can to find me, but time is running out. I have to figure out a way to get back to that pageant so I can reveal Pretty Face's secret...before it's too late for the next Miss Pretty Face, and millions of other girls!
160 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2008
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About the author
Carolyn Keene
1,012 books3,867 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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March 20, 2019
The most intense and action-packed Nancy Drew novel I've ever read.
January 27, 2014
I DONT GET HOW NANCY ALWAYS SOLVES THE CRIME IN HER HEAD
January 2, 2024
Middle school me would have probably loved it . The fact that it was the last one of a trilogy and the 32nd book in the whole thing doesn't help.
November 13, 2024
Middle school me would have probably loved this but it was too juvenile for me as an adult. This is also the 3rd in a trilogy (but like #34 in this Nancy Drew series).
It was pretty action packed and fun but it definitely felt like every character was a kid version. Bad guys were ~very bad~ and Nancy was ~very scared~ but also ~very determined~ and there is always the fake girl pretending to be nice to be popular, etc.
I think what I enjoyed about previous Nancy Drews is tthat it is sent in an earlier time so I'm transported to "the olden days" and I enjoy the dichotomy of a ~woman~ being a badass in a time when they were overlooked and underestimated. This story was set in pretty much present-day and it really lacked that extra excitement for me. There are cell phones and pagers and jokes about windows 98. I want to read about a Nancy Drew from my mom's era, not mine.
It was pretty action packed and fun but it definitely felt like every character was a kid version. Bad guys were ~very bad~ and Nancy was ~very scared~ but also ~very determined~ and there is always the fake girl pretending to be nice to be popular, etc.
I think what I enjoyed about previous Nancy Drews is tthat it is sent in an earlier time so I'm transported to "the olden days" and I enjoy the dichotomy of a ~woman~ being a badass in a time when they were overlooked and underestimated. This story was set in pretty much present-day and it really lacked that extra excitement for me. There are cell phones and pagers and jokes about windows 98. I want to read about a Nancy Drew from my mom's era, not mine.
September 16, 2024
This one was fast-paced and the intensity was amped up because of the chasing the characters all around. I liked the tension of these scenes, and I was hooked to the book. The mystery resolved well, and I was satisfied with the conclusion.
September 30, 2020
I loved this book, and it had me on the edge of my seat.
February 28, 2021
This was still pretty good, but it was very hard to swallow in some parts. It was a good ending to this "perfect trilogy", though.
February 17, 2023
Far more action than most Drews. Picks up right after PERFECT COVER. Fantastic chase scene in NY.
February 7, 2024
well worth the wait x
January 14, 2016
Well that was exciting! The one before this one, Perfect Cover, left on a bit of a cliffhanger. Though this book felt more like an extremely long "chase" scene I still found it really enjoyable.
November 26, 2015
Nothing as a good as a dose of mystery and action.
May 23, 2022
1 of the best thriller books.
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