The Spider Sapphire Mystery

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author = Carolyn Keene
country = United States
language = English
series = Nancy Drew stories
genre = Detective, Mystery novel
publisher = Grosset & Dunlap
release_date = 1968
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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isbn = ISBN 0-448-09545-9
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"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 River Heights, when one of Carson'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 safari to Kenya.

Undeterred by the blackmail of Mr. Ramsey and scare tactics used on her, Nancy does go to Mombasa and proceeds to investigate the origins and theft of the spider sapphire. The original owner, Mr. Tagore, comes under suspicion but it is agreed that he is an honorable man.

After many frightening chases and dedicated sleuthing, Nancy does find the gem and returns it to its rightful owner, Mr. Tagore. Another subplot in the book is wound up when Nancy finds the long lost brother of a Swahili folk singer; he'd lost his memory and had been supporting himself as a wood carver.