Ludwig is a German scientist that was meant to have come to work for NASA. Upon reflection, in regards to certain characters, their backstories, and their paths in the book, that having figured it out now rubs me the wrong way. There was something that I didn’t realize upon my first reading of Goldie Vance. I’d look into Brittney Williams’s work again because she did a great job of conveying the 50’s era, the beachfront property, even Goldie’s mom’s job as a mermaid was aesthetically pleasing. Many of the secondary characters, like Goldie’s friends Rob and Cheryl as well as the members of the Crossed Palms staff and the nearby town, were black. Her crush is a record store clerk that’s adventurous with a neat short hairstyle and cool fashion sense. Goldie herself is biracial and is a gorgeous character. She also has somewhat loose ideals in solving her mysteries, such as stealing a car for a drag race (in order to recover the necklace stolen for collateral) and again in order to pursue a suspect. She didn’t have to work very hard to find clues or suss out the culprits, such as the person who stole the necklace in the original in-house mystery. While I commend Goldie for keeping at her goal, I also have to point out that a lot of what happened was relatively easy. Using her skills and a lot of luck, Goldie never lets up for a minute.
When she gets involved in a simple stolen necklace case, things go from bad to worse as the case escalates to include a kidnapping of a German scientist, Russian agents, and a mystery third party. Goldie was very enthusiastic in her pursuit of becoming involved in the work of in-house detective at the Crossed Palms Resort. Goldie is the latest in a long line of these and she heads a diverse cast of characters in a 50’s era mystery full of car racers, surfers, and spies. Girl detectives are, to put it simply, bad ass. From those early yellow hardback books I progressed to Harriet the Spy the novel, then the Veronica Mars television show.
I’ve always been a fan of Nancy Drew mysteries.
When Walter, the current detective, encounters a case he can’t crack, together they utilize her smarts, skills, and connections to solve the mystery…even if it means getting into a drag race, solving puzzles, or chasing a helicopter to do it! She lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place, and it’s her dream to one day be the hotel’s in-house detective. Sixteen-year-old Marigold “Goldie” Vance has an insatiable curiosity. Category: Graphic Novels/Mystery/Young Adult
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