The Mystery at the Ski Jump
{{Short description|1952 book by Carolyn Keene}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox book
| name = The Mystery at the Ski Jump
| image = Ndtmatsjbkcvr.jpg
| author = Carolyn Keene
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
| genre = Juvenile literature
| publisher = Grosset & Dunlap
| release_date = 1952
| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback(UK only))
| pages =
| preceded_by = The Clue of the Black Keys
| followed_by = The Clue of the Velvet Mask
}}
The Mystery at the Ski Jump is the twenty-ninth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1952 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Alma Sasse.
Plot
Nancy, Bess, and George follow the trail of fur thieves to New York and into Canada. While trying to catch the thieves, Nancy must catch a woman named Mitzi Channing who is using Nancy's identity. Nancy finds out that everyone who has been buying from Mitzi is in a dreadful trap. In the climax to the mystery she is kidnapped by one of the criminals. He catches her spying on him in a wooded area. He grabs her from behind and claps his hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming. Nancy has no chance of escaping from him. He ties her up and gags her, then carries his terrified prisoner deeper into the woods. There he leaves her in a locked cabin so she will starve. However, Nancy's friends are able to rescue her in the 11th hour.
Publication
The novel was published in 1952 by Grosset & Dunlap.{{Cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Catherine |last2=published |first2=The Week US |date=2019-10-10 |title=All 56 classic Nancy Drew books, ranked |url=https://theweek.com/articles/869414/all-56-classic-nancy-drew-books-ranked |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=theweek |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Penzler |first=Otto |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-Xd25uJs7kC&q=The+Mystery+at+the+Ski+Jump&pg=PT14 |title=The Great Detectives: The World's Most Celebrated Sleuths Unmasked by Their Authors |date=2012 |publisher=Open Road Media |isbn=978-1-4532-6640-3 |language=en}} It was the 29th Nancy Drew novel and was written by the ghostwriter Alma Sasse.{{Cite book |last1=Dyer |first1=Carolyn Stewart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WB5CnCXNcmAC&dq=%22the+mystery+at+the+ski+jump%22&pg=PA279 |title=Rediscovering Nancy Drew |last2=Romalov |first2=Nancy Tillman |date=1995 |publisher=University of Iowa Press |isbn=978-0-87745-501-1 |language=en}}
Reception
It was ranked 54th of the 56 classic volumes in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series by The Week.
References
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External links
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