Karen's Spy Mystery is the 111th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Nancy's family has hired somebody to take care of their house while they are on a trip. Karen wants to make sure he is doing a good job. So she watches him closely. And she catches him snooping around! Karen is pretty sure he cannot be trusted. But she has to figure out what he is doing before she can turn him in.
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Characters in this book[]
Karen's Family
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer
- Little House - Lisa Engle, Seth Engle
Kids
- Nancy Dawes
- Hannie Papadakis
- Maxie Medvin (mentioned)
Adults
- Merry Perkins
- Cynthia - bank employee
- Granny Engle (mentioned)
- Mr. and Mrs. Dawes
- Bill Barnett
- Detective Stanton
- Detective Martinez
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Nancy's House
- Stoneybrook Savings Bank
- Pizza Express
- Seattle (mentioned)
- Stoneybrook Crafts Center
Trivia[]
- Continuity: On page 15, Karen's family moving to Chicago and Karen writing to Maxie is mentioned. Nancy is still playing the clarinet for the school band, which was first introduced in Karen's Tuba. On page 40 Karen recalls spying when she was in Chicago which happened in Karen's Big City Mystery.
- Inconsistencies: The Dawes had a dog when Nancy was a kid, when the family has never had a pet before as mentioned in Karen's Kittens.
- Pop culture and real life references: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
- Karen opens her first bank account in this book.
- The dining room table is the biggest table at the little house.
- Karen left Chicago after being there for only one month.
- Chapter 8 is nothing but Karen's notes.
- Lisa made friends with the women who work at the craft center.
- The password to the bank computer is "Percy", after Nancy's old dog.
- A portrait of Lisa's great grandmother hangs in the dining room.
- Karen's recording tape only had 120 minutes to catch what Bill was saying.
- The police suggest that Karen should go into criminal justice when she's older. Karen decided to be an actress when she's older and play a policewoman on TV.
- Nancy's family came back from their vacation early.
Gallery[]
1999 original cover
1999 back cover