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Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion (1941)

1940s Nancy Tackles Murders, a Plane Crash, and a Leopard Author: Carolyn Keene I’ve been chronologically making my way through an eBay haul of Nancy Drew mysteries and finally got to the one I was looking forward to the most: The Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion. The thing about an eBay haul is that some of the books are the 60s/70s “Flashlight” edition (which are quite sanitized and often have completely different stories) and some of the books are the original version (20s-40s usually), where our sleuth isn’t quite such a retiring lady. As a matter of fact, Nancy can be [...]

Frances Carden2026-07-05T13:26:40-07:00July 5th, 2026|Tags: book review, Carolyn Keene, mystery, Nancy Drew, read, reading, ya|

Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk, The

The Fierceness of 1940s Nancy Author: Carolyn Keene In the 1940s version of The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk, Nancy, Bess, and George are planning to take an exclusive girl’s school tour trip to South America. In preparation for the trip, Carson Drew has gifted Nancy a beautiful brass bound trunk with her initials carved into them. But this trunk ends up being the catalyst for many different problems – even attracting armed thieves into the Drew’s home. Meanwhile, one of the students’ mothers, Mrs. Joslin, discovers that Nancy will be present for the trip and demands that the gumshoe [...]

Frances Carden2026-03-21T15:36:45-07:00March 21st, 2026|Tags: classic, cozy mystery, mystery, Nancy Drew, The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk, ya|

Clue of the Tapping Heels, The

Tap Dancing and Cat Burglars Author: Carolyn Keene In The Clue of the Tapping Heels, Nancy is back, hot on the trail of a twisting mystery. This time, she’s embroiled with a retired actress, Miss Carter, who is haunted at night by a strange tapping sound throughout her house. While it may sound ghostly, Miss Carter thinks the intruder is very human, because her purebred Persian kittens keep going missing. Can Nancy stop the cat burglar, and perhaps bring the sweet old woman a happily-ever-after with her long-forgotten beau at the same time? It’s Nancy, so of course she can. Not [...]

Frances Carden2026-03-21T15:34:23-07:00October 9th, 2025|Tags: book review, cozy mystery, mystery, Nancy Drew, read, reading|