![]() ![]() When the Birth Year Reading Challenge was revived this year, I decided I needed to read my copy of the Nancy book that is as old as I am. I first read it from the school library, but naturally I had to get a copy for my very own. It ranks up there with The Clue of the Broken Lock, The Clue in the Crumbling Wall, The Hidden Staircase, and Mystery of the Glowing Eye in the top five. The Invisible Intruder (Nancy Drew #46 1969) was one of my favorite Nancy Drew books when I was a young reader. And here I thought that people loved to rent rooms in haunted inns, so why the problem? The big question I ask is this: Are not psychics supposed to solve crimes without help? Or, in some cases, are there any real ghosts? This, in turn, causes the guests to quit coming, and the innkeepers to decide to sell. So, this couple decide to spook the guests at the various inns by creating ghosts. It appears that they wish to buy inns and resorts around the area, but the owners of the various properties won’t sell them at all, especially at reduced prices. So, what is this story about? A psychic asks Nancy and her friends and their boyfriends to join her in solving five mysteries, which we soon learn are all committed by the same couple. The mystery had not been solved, but it was still dreary. Had I not been under the weather due to weather changes, I would not have read this dreary weather book. So, instead of a Who-Done-It, it is: To Cath a Thief, in this case, thieves. ![]() By then you know who the culprits are, but you just have to catch them. This book, though, presents no real mystery in that it is solved in the first two or three chapters. The big difference is that her two friends, Bess and George, have boyfriends.How long has that been going on? And she still owns a convertible, which replaced her darling roadster years ago, and I would rather have her driving that roadster. She is still in high school and still dating Ned who is still in college. Few things have changed over the last 70 years of Nancy Drew’s life, and that is how it should be. ![]()
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