The Dark and Deadly Pool

by Joan Lowery Nixon

Book Overview

Liz enjoys her summer pool job at the glamorous Ridley Hotel. Until the night, a dark and lonely night, a ghasty shadow surges up from the pool. A face -- eyes wide, mouth gaping -- stares at Liz. A... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440203481
• ISBN13: 9780440203483
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.1" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

great for young teens

i read this book with high expectations since i had previously read the weekend was murder(which i believe to be Nixon's best book). i must say it lived up to those expectations. Nixon is a great writer and her mysteries, although a little cheesy, are fun. i love her light romance. It's never too over the top. this book is great for younger teens because it is somewhat cheesy.It's not her best, but in my mind nothing tops the weekend was murder which also follows the life of Liz. I absolutely loved Fran... corky and sweet...this book is a great read.

The Dark and Deadly Pool

Most every sixteen year-old girl wants to be independent from their parents, right? and what better way to prove your independence than getting (and carrying out) a summer job? Mary Elizabeth Ratterfy [Liz] did just this. When she took a job as a pool maintennence janitor at a fancy hotel, she was in store for more than she bargained for, for in the past few weeks, priceless antiques had been stolen from the hotel. She and her best friend Fran decided that someone was conducting all of these seemingly unrelated thefts, and with the clues she finds, and the murderes that are happening, this possibility seems more and more plausible.The first clue she finds is a gap between two walls, leading to the outside. This gap (covered by ivy) is the only escape route possible for the theives. The second clue was found by Fran: a cavity in the base of a fake tree gives them the idea that the stolen items were placed there untill a safe getaway was possible.In her last hours of her shift, she is confronted by her boss, Art Mart, and is forced to give him information. After she gives him the information Art needs, Art attempts to drown her by throwing her in the pool, but in the process, falls in himself and gets knocked unconsious by Liz's big feet. The police soon come and put Art Mart behind bars.My absolute favorite part in the book was all the chararcters. Nixon makes believable chararters with believable lives. You can vividly picture them in your head.I liked this book because it had a lot of mystery, action and description, all the elements needed to make a good book of this genre.

Problems At The Health Club

This mystery thriller by Joan Nixon combines an exciting mystery with romance and a little humor. When you read this book you won't be able to put it down. There are things getting stolen and some members are murdered at a popular health club, then the troubles begin. As an employee, Liz is caught in the middle. She tries to solve the mystery while juggling her love life. But will she get caught up in the trouble and murders and become a victim herself? The plot grabs you right away and keeps your attention though out the entire book. For example in the beginning Liz hears something in the pool so she goes to check it out. She leans over the pool and something jumps out and grabs her. This book is a lot like Wolf Rider by Avi. Both books have an exciting plot which keeps you on the edge of your seat. Both books are mysteries where an "outsider" tries to solve it.

This is a really good book!

I've just started to read a lot of Joan Lowrey Nixon books, and this one is my favorite one so far. Her mysteries aren't too hard to figure out most of the time, and this one is no exception, but I love the main characters, Liz and Fran. They have so much personality I feel as if they could be my best friends. The dialogue between them is always funny, and even though this story is kind of lacking in the mystery and suspense area, it's still a great book. If you want a good mystery book or suspense book by this author try "The Seance", "The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore", or "Wispers From the Dead"

This book was greaT! Readers of all agesd will enjoy it.

The Dark and Deadly Pool by Joan lowery is a very mysterious book. Liz is an awkward teenager seeking love and acceptance from her school and peers. One summer she decided to take a job. Her mom always told her, it was the perfect job who had grown too tall too fast. Sjhe would be working at the luxirous Ridely Hotel. She will be working in the health club. She has to clean the jacuzzi, watch the swimming pool through the office and lock up at closing time. She will be working five days a week from three in the afternoon till closing.It was a great job and Liz loved it. She was meeting new people and having fun. Liz is always uneasy at closing time. Every sound echoes and all lights cast eerie shadows. One night she is by the pool and sommeone grabs her foot and screams in her face. Then it slides beneath the pool and is gone. The security guard refuses to help Liz and goes about his business. Danger surrounds Liz. Someone is watching her. Thank heaven Liz meet a faithful friend. Fran is four inches shoter then her, but no less funny, romantic, or smart. He makes her feel safe. Whoever is behind the series of events at the pool scene must be someone Liz knows. A person who stop for nothing-even murder.