Process of Elimination (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Super Mysteries #36) [Paperback]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1998

Nancy Drew has come to Los Angeles with her friend Bess to attend an international conference of environmentalists. But Nancy soon finds that there are even more urgent issues to address, such as the apparent murder of one of the conference coordinators, Carl Dubchek. And when Nancy starts asking questions, she ends up putting both herself and Bess in the line of fire!

Meanwhile...

One hundred miles to the south, Frank and Joe Hardy experience a bizarre encounter of their own. Visiting the San Diego Zoo, they witness a commando-like operation -- to steal a truckload of bamboo. Even stranger, a quick investigation on the Internet reveals a connection between the bamboo heist and an ex-CIA agent -- Carl Dubchek! The Hardys hook up with Nancy in L.A., where they unravel a web of greed, deception, and international intrigue in...Process of Elimination.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671007394
• ISBN-13: 978-0671007393
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,134,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon are the pseudonyms under which many ghostwriters penned the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, respectively. Both series were created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm, in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Stratemeyer's daughter, Harriet, and syndicate writer Mildred Wirt Benson were the two people primarily responsible for bringing the iconic character of Nancy Drew to life in the minds and hearts of millions of readers around the world.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most exciting of the Super Mysteries yet!, December 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Process of Elimination (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Super Mysteries #36) (Library Binding)

This was a really great book. I it was rather a different kind of way to introduce Frank and Joe's part in the book. I mean-a man stealing bamboo is kinda funny. I also thought that the humor in the beginning(the part about Frank calling Joe immature and Joe kidding that Frank had hurt his feelings and then Frank buying lunch and joking about Joe not leaving anything for the lunch crowd)was good, and the other humor(like the man at the rental shop and the part about Frank not being allowed to play with matches.) I think that it gave the reader a good chance to solve the mystery(when the guy said that e hadn't touched the disk since whenever and that kind of disk wasn't invented yet) and it also was funny at the same time(Joe saying that the officer threw like a girl, the officer saying that Joe caught like a girl, and Nancy threataning that they might both get kicked by a girl.) I also thought that the part where Joe got shot was really exciting too. I wanted to keep reading and reading and reading. All in all, it was a really great book with a great plot and lots of action and adventure. I think that it should be turned into a movie.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good book as far as the mystery part went, July 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Process of Elimination (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Super Mysteries #36) (Paperback)

I thought this was a great book but needed some romance, maybe between NANCY & FRANK hint,hint. by the way can someone PLEASE tell me why there haven't been any new super mysteries, I'm going crazy!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST ONE EVER, April 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Process of Elimination (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Super Mysteries #36) (Paperback)

This book rules! I thought all the other books were good. They're nothing compared to Ms. Keene's latest. Nancy is in California attending a conference, and you see her eating lunch with Bess and Bess' latest heartthrob, Anthony Green. Meanwhile, someone at the conference they attended is murdered, and Nancy doesn't think that someone is telling the truth. When Tony is about to tell them what all is going on, he gets shot and killed, and Bess gets put in the hospital, unconscious. Nancy feels it is all her fault, and takes the case as personal, and will let nothing stop her to find out who killed Tony and Carl Dubcheck, and why. Meanwhile, Frank and Joe are on vacation when they see a robbery take place. Since they are shot at, they go after the mystery. While in San Francisco, they meet up with Nancy and join forces with the police and major government agencies, even though the agencies don't want them involved. Together, Nancy, Frank, and Joe solve this totally awesome, unpredictable mystery.