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Nancy Drew

Haunted Bridge, The

Nancy Makes a Mistake . . . Author: Carolyn Keene In their 15th adventure, Nancy and friends are once again torn between crime, leisure, and competitive sports. While helping her attorney father, who spends more time trailing crime than keeping law and order in the courtroom, Nancy arrives at Deer Mountain Lodge. This time, Carson Drew is helping the FBI chase down a dangerous international ring of jewel thieves. Nancy, with her calm ability to have one look at someone and tell their character, is helping to scope out potential suspects from the local hotels and lodges. While doing this, she [...]

2026-03-21T15:33:46-07:00February 24th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , |

Whispering Statue, The

Art Dealers and Yacht Clubs Author: Carolyn Keene In her fourteenth adventure Nancy becomes a sales girl to uncover a ring of art thieves and counterfeiters while racing yachts and putting herself in danger. As usual, Carson Drew is out of town, but he trusts his daughter to track down a trove of valuable books for one of his clients. This client is sure that the man selling her books is cutting her out of most of the profit. When the Drews are confronted in their own home by masked and armed men immediately after taking the case, it becomes obvious [...]

2026-03-21T15:33:15-07:00September 15th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , |

Nancy Drew and the Secret of the Old Clock

A Tepid Start to the First in a Childhood Favorite Series Author: Carolyn Keene Recently having acquired a nearly complete, vintage set (from my favorite era, the 1950s) of the Nancy Drew novels, I was ready to recapture the beauty and innocence of my childhood which was spent glued to Nancy Drew’s mysteries and L.M. Montgomery’s romances. The vintage copy that I have, and the copy that is currently published, refers to the re-writes of the series (originally started in 1930) which presented a more toned down, law abiding, non-pistol packing, and extremely proper Nancy. The other edition, the 1930s [...]

2026-03-21T15:17:04-07:00August 24th, 2014|Tags: , , , , , |
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