The Riding Club Crime

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #172

by Carolyn Keene

This Summer, Nothing's Safe At Green Spring -- Not Even The Camp Itself Elsa, a friend of Nancy and George's and a counselor at Green Spring Pony Club's summer camp, invites the girls for a ride one afternoon. Along the way, Elsa gushes about how a team of campers will compete in a regional pony club rally. If they win, they'll go to the national competition! But Elsa's excitement quickly fades when Nancy's horse falls into a ditch, and it's clearly a case of sabotage. This prompts Elsa to tell Nancy about some sinister happenings on the camp's grounds. Is someone trying to hurt the campers -- or the camp? Disguised as a counselor, Nancy tries to figure out who's behind the vicious accidents. And as they become more devastating, Nancy realizes she needs to move quickly. Will her sleuthing skills be enough to keep this camp's horses and their riders on track?

Genres: Mystery, Middle Grade, Childrens, Young Adult, Juvenile, Thriller, Adventure

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Carolyn 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 In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.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.

Reviews

[Heather 🧿👄🧿 · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 ⭐️ rounded up due to my personal nostalgia

[Serena · Rating 3 out of 5]

My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.

[Stephanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

The reason for the crimes was really lame.

[Kit Haggard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Riviting novel that kept me entertained the whole time! I really recommend this book to people who are just starting to read Nancy Drew.

[LuAnn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Horses, sabotage, residential school/camp--been there, done that so many times with Nancy and chums that this one is not a standout.

[Tenile Moran · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love a good Nancy Drew! Shenanigans😄

[Mertkan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Başlarda iyiydi ama sona doğru çok sıkmaya başladı son 40 sayfa olayı boş yere uzatmış gibi hissettim. 3 ama 2,5'a daha yakın bir 3

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

My grand daughter asked me what kind of books I liked and I said mystery, so she looked in her library, and I said do you have any Nance Drew? and she brought one over for me to read. It was a fun book.

[MizziQ · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a fun book that finds Nancy and her friends traveling to join a riding club. What they don't know is there may be crimes waiting to happen. It's the same as always yet it intrests you with each book the characters and where they will be.

[Prami{reader and dreamer} · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars

[Addy C · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was an awesome book and it was the best because it was about horses and it was a Nancy drew book