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    The Buried Treasure on Route 66: A Nancy Keene Mystery
    The Buried Treasure on Route 66: A Nancy Keene Mystery
    The Buried Treasure on Route 66: A Nancy Keene Mystery
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    The Buried Treasure on Route 66: A Nancy Keene Mystery

    By Louise Hathaway

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    Written as an homage to the Nancy Drew books, this humorous and PG-rated mystery about teenage sleuth, Nancy Keene, especially targets women baby boomers who grew up reading and loving the series. Gently poking fun at Nancy’s obscure knowledge, perfectionism, and need for control, this book concentrates and the relationship between Nancy and her father. Nancy has just turned 18, is in a serious relationship with her boyfriend, and is planning to move out of state to college. How will her father handle letting her go? Find out as Nancy, her father, and her boyfriend take a trip on Route 66, visiting several of its landmarks along the way, in search of a missing will. Not only is “The Buried Treasure on Route 66” a tip of the hat to the Nancy Drew books, it’s also a romance novel about both young love and rekindled old love.

    Reviews:

    "I could not get enough of this amazing story."

    "Besides being a sort of travelogue, the mystery is good, the solving of it fun, and the ending hilarious!"

    "I'd recommend this Nancy Keene series to anyone who read, reads, and loves Nancy Drew!"

    "I grew up reading every Nancy Drew book I could get my hands on. The author does not disappoint in paying homage as Nancy made me fall in love with teenage mysteries all over again."

    "Truly a nice escape for women baby boomers everywhere."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLouise Hathaway
    Release dateMay 26, 2013
    ISBN9781301846573
    The Buried Treasure on Route 66: A Nancy Keene Mystery
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    Louise Hathaway

    Louise Hathaway is a pen name of a husband and wife writing team. They write in several different genres including murder/ mystery; romance, travel, time travel, and literary criticism.

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      I loved the twist on Nancy Drew! It is a perfect mix of romance and figuring out a mystery! I love the end where Ned uses the mystery as their thang! She takes the best of romance and Nancy Drew. I love Nancy Keene!

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    The Buried Treasure on Route 66 - Louise Hathaway

    The Buried Treasure on Route 66: A Nancy Keene Mystery

    Louise Hathaway

    Copyright Louise Hathaway 2014

    Smashwords Edition

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used without the written consent of the author, except for brief quotes in reviews.

    Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

    Please respect the hard work of this author.

    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, and places are either the product of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), locales, and companies is entirely coincidental.

    Book Description:

    Written as an homage to the Nancy Drew books, this humorous and PG-rated mystery about teenage sleuth, Nancy Keene, especially targets women baby boomers who grew up reading and loving the series. Gently poking fun at Nancy’s obscure knowledge, perfectionism, and need for control, this book concentrates and the relationship between Nancy and her father. Nancy has just turned 18, is in a serious relationship with her boyfriend, and is planning to move out of state to college. How will her father handle letting her go? Find out as Nancy, her father, and her boyfriend take a trip on Route 66, visiting several of its landmarks along the way, in search of a missing will. Not only is The Buried Treasure on Route 66 a tip of the hat to the Nancy Drew books, but it’s also a romance novel about both young love and rekindled old love.

    Here's what reviewers are saying about this book:

    I loved the twist on Nancy Drew! It is a perfect mix of romance and figuring out a mystery! I love the end where Ned uses the mystery as their thang! She takes the best of romance and Nancy Drew. I love Nancy Keene!

    Besides being a sort of travelogue, the mystery is good, the solving of it fun, and the ending hilarious!

    I could not get enough of this amazing story. I grew up reading every Nancy Drew book I could get my hands on. The author does not disappoint in paying homage as Nancy made me fall in love with teenage mysteries all over again. I loved the character's overprotective dad, friends Beth and Hannah, the cuteness of Nancy and Ned, Mrs. Wood, and mobster stepsons. I found myself wrapped up in the detailed storyline as Mrs. Wood shared her story of lost love and who the stepsons are. I have always dreamed of driving down Route 66 and Hathaway made me feel I was there. Truly a nice escape for women baby boomers everywhere.

    Table of Contents

    Chapter One: A French Party

    Chapter Two: A Lady in Distress

    Chapter Three: A Generous Gift

    Chapter Four: Gangster Brothers

    Chapter Five: A Spa Day for Mrs. Wood

    Chapter Six: Route 66 Postcards

    Chapter Seven: A Barbeque at Nancy’s

    Chapter Eight: Up All Night with Nancy

    Chapter Nine: Buttering Up Dad

    Chapter Ten: Route 66

    Chapter Eleven: The Painted Desert

    Chapter Twelve: The Blue Swallow Motel

    Chapter Thirteen: The Buried Treasure

    Chapter Fourteen: Wedding Bells

    Chapter One: A French Party

    Nancy Keene, a blonde-haired and blue-eyed teenager, was busy putting the finishing touches on a casserole of Boeuf Bourguignon. She arranged the stew on a serving platter, surrounded it with potatoes, and decorated it with parsley. Dressed as a French maid, she couldn’t wait to see the costumes that her friends would be wearing for her French-themed 18th birthday party.

    She heard the doorbell chime and greeted her boyfriend, Ned, who was wearing a horizontally striped black and white long-sleeved T-shirt, black pants, and a beret. She practiced her French on him saying, Entre vous.

    He admired the way she was dressed and answered, Nice outfit, Nancy! You look really hot in it.

    She furtively looked around before telling him, You better not let my dad hear you say that.

    Nancy’s father, Drew, a noted legal scholar, walked into the room and asked, Don’t let me hear what?

    Oh, nothing, Dad.

    Her father asked, How do you two like my outfit? I’m dressed up like Hercule Poirot for your French party.

    Ned told him, Wow! Mr. Keene. Cool waxed mustache!

    Nancy corrected her father. Dad, you seem to have forgotten that Poirot is Belgian, not French.

    Well, excuse me, her father said, drawing out the syllables and doing his best Steve Martin impression.

    Ned, realizing that it’s always a good strategy to get on the good side of his girlfriend’s father, came to Mr. Keene’s rescue by telling Nancy that Poirot was from the French-speaking part of Belgium.

    Using his best Hercule Poirot impression, her father said, Mademoiselle, you are not using your little grey cells.

    Okay, you two. I stand corrected. Dad, I’m sorry. You look great! Thanks for getting into the spirit of things.

    Her father walked over to the CD player and put

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