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A Ghost in the Closet: A Nancy Clue and Hardly Boys Mystery (Maney, Mabel) [Paperback]

Mabel Maney (Author)
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November 30, 2005 Maney, Mabel
With their fearless crime-fighting, good manners, and manly fashion sense, the Hardly boys are the pride of Feyport, Illinois. In A Ghost in the Closet, dark-haired, muscular Frank and his lovable kid brother Joe return from a gay trip to Europe to find that their parents — world-famous detective Fennel P. Hardly and his wife, Mrs. Hardly — have been kidnapped! Even worse, so have six poodles from the Lake Merrimen Dog Show! Pals Nancy Clue, Cherry Aimless, R.N., and Police Detective Jackie Jones help the Hardly boys track down the criminals — and in the meantime, pick up useful tips on fingerprinting, evidence retrieval, and the laundering of sporty twill slacks.

Like her beloved camp classics, The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse and The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend, Mabel Maney’s A Ghost in the Closet brilliantly parodies 1950s boys and girls adventure series. Pull on a casual rayon shirt and join the queer caper!

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 250 pages
  • Publisher: Cleis Press; 2 edition (November 30, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1573442283
  • ISBN-13: 978-1573442282
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,205,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Do yourself a favor--read this book now!, December 4, 1996
By A Customer
This hoot of a book works wonders--it's been known
to cure migraines, lift depressions, and spur readers on
to culinary triumphs like Salisbury Steak.

The formula: 1 part Nancy Drew, 1 part Women's Barracks,
and a sly dash of ever-so-gay humor. Maney's spot-on
recreation of the original series' diction is half the
fun. In-jokes abound: butch-femme couple Midge and
Velma are my favorites, although Uncle Nelly Hardly
is a close second.

Maney is a genius, and these books are destined to hold
pride of place in every gay and lesbian book collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars one of the funniest books ever written, July 3, 2008
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Scott Jeune (kerhonkson, ny) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Ghost in the Closet: A Nancy Clue and Hardly Boys Mystery (Maney, Mabel) (Paperback)
Having just finished reading this I can honestly say I don't know if I've ever laughed this much reading a book. When Nancy and Frank are in the cave with her belted pads on their heads, I roared with laughter, and this was moments after I'd gotten in a conflict with someone at my job and I had a migraine at the time. Just the image of Cherry about to get electroshock treatment while still wearing her nursing cap- I'm chuckling just thinking of the image! And what must've happened to the party after they had the "vitamins" in the punch!! Take it from another Friend of the Insane, this book is a classic! Golly, I couldn't put it down and was wont to display ungentlemanly fits of unrestrained laughter!
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Mystery Spoof Well-Worth Reading!!!!, September 14, 2003
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Handsome, young detectives Frank and Joe Hardly travel home to Lake Merrimen, Illinois to find that their parents, world-reknowned detective Fennel Hardly and his loving wife, Mrs. Hardly, have been kidnapped and rumors are spreading about Mr. Hardly's being a Russian spy.

Meanwhile, Nancy Clue, girl detective and snappy dresser, ventures with her friends to the Lake Merrimen Auditorium to view the annual dog show. But something's amiss as she and her friends follow a scream only to discover that all the toy poodles have been dognapped!

Could the two incidents have anything in common? What is the terrible secret that Fennel Hardly keeps locked in his closet? Will Nancy ever win back her true love -- Cherry Aimless, Registered Nurse -- from the handsome, streetwise San Francisco girl detective Jackie Johnson?

Join Nancy and her friends as they dive into this hilarious, gay/lesbian spoof of the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew mysteries. Mabel Maney has constructed a fabulous world full of sharp characters -- each with a very keen fashion sense -- and thrown in many a surprising twist that kept me enthralled with the events of the mystery. Her style is very descriptive and conjures up the 1950s mindset. I could not help but smile as I was reading. A great read for everyone!

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