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'''The Spider Sapphire Mystery''' is the 45th volume in the Nancy Drew Stories series.
'''''The Spider Sapphire Mystery''''' is the forty-fifth volume in the [[Nancy Drew]] mystery series. It was first published in 1968 under the pseudonym [[Carolyn Keene]]. The actual author was ghostwriter [[Harriet Adams|Harriet Stratemeyer Adams]].


==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==

Revision as of 16:50, 22 November 2007

The Spider Sapphire Mystery
AuthorCarolyn Keene
LanguageEnglish
SeriesNancy Drew stories
GenreDetective, Mystery novel
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
Publication date
1968
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBNISBN 0-448-09545-9 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
Preceded byNancy Drew: The Clue in the Crossword Cipher 
Followed byNancy Drew: The Invisible Intruder 

The Spider Sapphire Mystery is the forty-fifth volume in the Nancy Drew mystery series. It was first published in 1968 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

Plot summary

Thrilling, dangerous adventures confront Nancy Drew while on a safari in East Africa with a group of American college students. Excitement runs high as the teen-age detective delves into the theft of a fabulous sapphire formed by nature million years ago.

The mystery starts in Nancy's home town. Her lawyer father's client, Floyd Ramsey, who fashions beautiful and unusual synthetic gems, is accused of stealing the magnificent spider sapphire and exhibiting it as his own creation. Mr. Ramsey's enemies blackmail him and by their vicious acts try to deter Nancy from going on the safari.

How the daring young sleuth uncovers a nefarious scheme and also solves the strange disappearance of an injured jungle guide from first page to last.