Name: The Riddle in the Rare Book
ISBN: 9781442485631

Carolyn Keene

When a series of rare-book thefts strikes the Bloom’s Bookstore & Coffeehouse in River Heights, Nancy Drew finds her only clue in the handwriting of a dead woman.

The Riddle in the Rare Book

When a series of rare book thefts strikes the Bloom's Bookstore & Coffeehouse in River Heights, Nancy Drew finds her only clue in the handwriting of a dead woman.

Giulia Pianta

This is hands down my favourite Nancy Drew book.
It is all about old books and I just loved how they went to a book auction, the interactions with the collectors and the person who curates them.

I still remember reading this a few years ago and being so fascinated with the idea of making a mark on books that I started cataloguing each book I owed and punching a little pin needle hole in each of them in a secret location.
Which wasn't so essential as I don't borrow my books and they are definitely not worth as much as ancient first editions, but I had a lot of fun and rereading this book brought me back to those times.

I was also surprised by the culprit! There was a little red herring there and I didn't expect things to turn out differently. I liked the little action at the end, and I find Bess so infuriating OMG how can she be so stupid and dumb?? Especially when they are in MORTAL DANGER and she just stands there frozen instead of RUNNING???

But aside from this detail, a good book and maybe the only one I would still recommend to a young person now.

The Riddle in the Rare Book

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