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The mystery starts in River Heights, Nancy's hometown. 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 a safari with some people named Bess, Gwen, George, and Ned. |
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Here are some of the things done to Nancy: Nancy parks in an empty parking lot, then suddenly two cars park so close to Nancy that she cannot even open the doors. She begins to yell at the two men to move their cars, but she is ignored. When she puts the car in reverse, another car parks right behind her. She notices that the men meant to do this to her, and honks her horn constantly until an officer comes over to her and sees what is wrong. He gets out a small book, flips through it and says, "Just as I thought, all these cars have been listed stolen," as he puts the small notebook away. Later that day Nancy wants to go see the synthetic gem at the museum. While she is walking there one of the Indian men that boxed her in the parking lot snatches her purse from her. A man further down the street hears Nancy screaming and stops the man. He retrieves the purse, but the man gets away. When she gets to the room where the gem was being displayed, there is a note reading "THIS GEM WAS STOLEN." |
Here are some of the things done to Nancy: Nancy parks in an empty parking lot, then suddenly two cars park so close to Nancy that she cannot even open the doors. She begins to yell at the two men to move their cars, but she is ignored. When she puts the car in reverse, another car parks right behind her. She notices that the men meant to do this to her, and honks her horn constantly until an officer comes over to her and sees what is wrong. He gets out a small book, flips through it and says, "Just as I thought, all these cars have been listed stolen," as he puts the small notebook away. Later that day Nancy wants to go see the synthetic gem at the museum. While she is walking there one of the Indian men that boxed her in the parking lot snatches her purse from her. A man further down the street hears Nancy screaming and stops the man. He retrieves the purse, but the man gets away. When she gets to the room where the gem was being displayed, there is a note reading "THIS GEM WAS STOLEN." |
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| Author | Carolyn Keene |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Nancy Drew stories |
| Genre | Detective, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date | 1968 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-448-09545-9 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | Nancy Drew: The Clue in the Crossword Cipher |
| Followed by | Nancy 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
The mystery starts in River Heights, Nancy's hometown. 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 a safari with some people named Bess, Gwen, George, and Ned.
Here are some of the things done to Nancy: Nancy parks in an empty parking lot, then suddenly two cars park so close to Nancy that she cannot even open the doors. She begins to yell at the two men to move their cars, but she is ignored. When she puts the car in reverse, another car parks right behind her. She notices that the men meant to do this to her, and honks her horn constantly until an officer comes over to her and sees what is wrong. He gets out a small book, flips through it and says, "Just as I thought, all these cars have been listed stolen," as he puts the small notebook away. Later that day Nancy wants to go see the synthetic gem at the museum. While she is walking there one of the Indian men that boxed her in the parking lot snatches her purse from her. A man further down the street hears Nancy screaming and stops the man. He retrieves the purse, but the man gets away. When she gets to the room where the gem was being displayed, there is a note reading "THIS GEM WAS STOLEN."
The next day Nancy gets a call from "the professor" saying that Ned will not be going on the safari. After that Nancy calls the professor back and asks why Ned is not coming, and the professor has no idea what she means; Ned never said he was not going on the safari. It takes Nancy and about five of her friends two days to find Ned. A few days after they rescue Ned there is a Swahili singer giving a concert at the university. She teaches Nancy how to sing a lullaby in Swahili. She mentions she is raising money for an expedition to rescue her brother, and Nancy says she will investigate the disappearance of the singer's brother. When they go to India they do not suspect that the Indian men would be following them. When they land they go to a hotel called Tree-Top Inn, because it is in the tree tops in the jungle.
Here are some more of the things the men do to Nancy and her friends (may not be in order): They suffocate Nancy by tying a bag around her head, causing her to black out. A man named Swahili Joe kidnaps George; the man is in a baboon costume. They spy on Nancy to try to find out what she might already know about the spider gem. When the boys chase the Indians they beat them up. After the boys get black eyes and are incredibly bruised, two Indian officers come to help, but by the time they get there the Indians are gone.
A little while later they fly to Mombasa. Nancy picks up her luggage and notices a tab. She thinks it may be a warning message, but it says nothing at all. She simply picks up her luggage and begins to carry it. Ned offers to carry it, but Nancy declines. Ned insists, and Nancy says OK. On the ride to the hotel where they are staying, Ned and Nancy's hands begin to itch. Nancy then notices there is acid on the luggage. She asks the driver to stop at the nearest drug store, and asks the cashier for oil.
Later some people in the group suspect that Mr. Tagore, the owner of the original gem, is involved in the crime. Nancy asks the man at the front desk for his opinion of Mr. Tagore. He replies that Mr. Tagore is nice, trustworthy, and giving. Nancy and everyone else agree Mr. Tagore is out of the picture.
Nancy finds the area where the gem is hidden, but spends thirty minutes looking for the spot. The men come down but Nancy manages to hide the gem before they arrive. The men have a whip with them, and they threaten to whip Ned if Nancy does not tell them where the gem is. Nancy tells them that she doesn't know where it is, so they search the party but cannot find it. They are arrested.
Nancy and her friends go to a woodcraft shop and find a statue without a name. Nancy asks the cashier who made the statue and where he or she lives. The cashier tells them he lives around the corner. The man turns out to be Tizam, the singer’s brother, who has been suffering from memory loss. Nancy manages to get him his memory back. The gem is returned to Mr. Tagore and Nancy travels home unharmed.
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