WICKED WAYS (NANCY DREW FILES 113) [Paperback]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

Series: Nancy Drew Files | Publication Date: February 1, 1996

It's Fashion Week at the River Heights mall, and Bess is working at the hottest boutique in town. But someone is shoplifting designer jackets from the store, and the fashion show could go bust. For Nancy, tracking down the thief is proving to be both delicate and dangerous--especially since Bess has fallen for one of the top suspects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (February 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671503537
• ISBN-13: 978-0671503536
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,137 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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nancy Drew the Slueth, August 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: WICKED WAYS (NANCY DREW FILES 113) (Paperback)

Wicked Ways is a Nancy Drew book that many people would like. It is about a store that keeps getting robbed of their hottest new items. Bess Marvin (Nanncy Drew's friend), is in the show modiling the new hottest items on the market,(one of a kind designer jackets). If the store keeps getting robbed than Bess will not be able to be in the fasion show. Will Nancy Drew solve the mystery, or will she be out-witted by a pro-thief? Read the exiting, and exellent book and find out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Wonderful Book, May 19, 2000

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Levi Fry Intermediate Student - See all my reviews

This review is from: WICKED WAYS (NANCY DREW FILES 113) (Paperback)

Wicked Ways is a terrific book about a teenage girl trying to solve the mystery of the stolen Mara Morrel jackets. Even if it means losing her best freind's freindship, she's going to solve the case. Nancy has a difficult time tracking down the thief, but one of her top suspects is her best friend's boyfriend, because he acts so in a rush everytime he comes around her, but little does she know that when she was a papergirl that was the boy she threw the newspaper at everytime he came out to get it. Was that why he was acting this way? Did he even remember, or did he just not want her to pick up his case? I most definitely like the way the author puts the story in a mysterious way. It makes the reader want to keep reading, like if you were in a paradise world you would want to go farther into it to see what's in this wonderful place. It really is an attractive book and you wouldn't want to miss it. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend. It is an enjoyable way to learn how to solve mysteries, and the best way to get entertained. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I'm sure you will too.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What happened to the real Nancy Drew?, January 12, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: WICKED WAYS (NANCY DREW FILES 113) (Paperback)

The detective in this book is not Nancy Drew. Oh, the name may be the same, but her character--wanting to help others, being a nice person instead of some sleezy mall rat--is totally changed. The Nancy Drew of THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK would never dream of spending days prowling around a mall during a "Fashion Week" and having a crush on a security officer while still formally dating Ned Nickerson. The "Nancy" of this book is obsessed with clothes, looking trendy (and by the way, the sleezy trends this book mentions are outdated already). The mystery was carelessly made. Nancy is supposed to be SMART, but this "Nancy" jumps to conclusions, listens to gossip, annoys people with her tactless questions and falls into unrealistic peril in that fast-tracked trashy manner some modern comic books are written. Oh no--she's going to die. Thank goodness! She's saved. Oh no! She's going to die again! And it's lame because you know Nancy Drew will never be outwitted or killed. If you want a good mystery with real romance and character development (which NEVER happens in Nancy Drew; you can read them in any order and it still works) read Dorothy L. Sayers's wonderful Lord Peter Wimsey stories.