Nancy Drew 28: The Clue of the Black Keys

This is an exciting mystery adventure, which takes Nancy Drew to the jungles of Mexico in search of a mysterious treasure that can save the world.

I rate this book 5 stars because I am a ND collector and I love each of the books in the series, but this is one that I don't put on my list of favorites. Because the original series was rewritten and updated in the 60's, some of the plots are suspiciously similar. The Clue of the Black Keys is one of several in the series where the villians are a married couple with sinister plans working for another person that Nancy's father put in jail...et cetera. The story itself is intriguing but because it's so similar to some of the other stories, it's not one of the best.

This review concerns the original 1951 edition. Nancy is approached by a young college professor who tells her about a treasure that he and some other professors were searching for in Mexico. They had found a stone tablet which they believed would help them locate the treasure, but before they could translate it, the tablet vanished along with one of the professors. Did he steal the tablet or was he kidnapped? Nancy is asked to help find the missing professor and the tablet and to guard a valuable, black, half key which together with another 2 1/2 similar keys would unlock the treasure. This is probably one of the 10 best Nancy Drew books. The mystery, though a little implausible, is quite interesting. The book has a lot of action and suspence and was well-written. I was hooked from beginning to end. This is a very good book and every Nancy Drew fan should have this one in their collection.

I'm a 9-year-old in fourth grade named Britany. This book was a challenge for me because it made me predict what might happen in the next chapter. When I was at school I couldn't wait to read this book. I was so interested in the story that when I got home from school I read way over the limit I am allowed to read. Nancy Drew has a life I would like because I like doing mysterious types of things. When I was sleeping at night I had dreams about the book. I mean when I was asleep I'd see the characters move, talk, and do the scenes I had read. In this book there are three black keys and this guy named Jurez Tino who wants all three of the keys to get the treasure. The problem is he only has two and a-half-keys because Nancy Drew had the other half of the key. He is looking for it so he could get to the treasure. There was a house that Nancy and her friends found and they went up to the front and knocked on the door, but no one answered so they knocked again and still no one answered. Then one of her friend's found a window that was open and her friend went inside but she didn't. I don't want to tell you the whole story, but you should get this book and read it. If you like mysteries you will like this book.

This book was good because when I got into the book, I coudn't put the book down. It's about Nancy Drew and her finding this black key to a set of keys, and the one she has opens a trunk of jewels and valueables. But the trunk is in cuba. The villians , a tricky gang of thieves,will do anything to get the key.They will harrase,kidnap, and fight to get the key. Find out how Nancy and her friends outsmart those evil gang members.And how Nancy saves the treasures, and how she saves the life of a young Cubain boy, in the thrilling, suspensful book by Carolyn Kien, "The Clue of the Black Keys".