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Hello True Drews! *As most of you all already know, I will be taking a short break after this week's episode until December 10th, when we will talk about the next book in the series #116: The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears! I will miss you all in the meantime, but can't wait to get back to chatting about Nancy Drew soon!-Avery* For this week's episode, Nancy, Bess and George set out to s...

Hello True Drews! We venture across the craggy and foggy moors to Blackmoor Manor, nestled in the heart of the UK... Nancy is off to solve another mystery on behalf of a neighbor and friend, Mrs. Petrov, who is concerned about her daughter Linda. Linda has recently married Hugh Penvellyn and inherited not only an estate, but a stepdaughter, Jane. But things are not as they seem at Blackmoor Manor....

Hello True Drews! For this week's episode, we get to follow along as Nancy, Bess and George go to The Great Midwestern Cat Show! Nancy, Bess and George's former babysitter has entered her Persian cat, Purrfect into the show. Purrfect has quite the pedigree and is also set to star in a national cat food television commercial, but everything is not sunshine and roses. Andrea and her husband...

Hello True Drews! For this week's episode, we follow Nancy and George to Bridgehaven, Connecticut for a seaworthy adventure! Nancy has been asked by Patricia Newcomb, a friend of Carson's, to help her get to the bottom of who has been sabotaging the seaport's maritime museum, but when Nancy almost gets harpooned, she quickly realizes whoever they are dealing with is no amateur! Can Nan...

Hear ye, hear ye, True Drews! For this week's episode, we read and talk about book #112 Crime in the Queen's Court! Nancy, Bess and George are volunteering to help out with an Elizabethan themed festival put on by a theater troupe in River Heights. There are Shakespearian plays, archery and weapon demonstrations, banquets and dancing, but something wicked this way comes! Disasters plague t...

Hello, True Drews! Well...I have to issue a serious content warning on this episode. *This book talks a lot about body image issues, namely, through the scope of 1990's diet culture and unfortunately, Bess Marvin is at the center of all of it. I really (spoiler alert) was not a fan of this book! But Nancy, Bess and George find themselves at Spa Solaire, a ritzy spa out in the Arizona desert, after...

Hello True Drews! Well, we went straight from a Halloween themed Nancy Drew book with last week's episode to a Christmas themed book for this week's episode! Today we'll be talking about book #110 The Nutcracker Ballet Mystery! Bess is helping out the owner of a local dance studio, Madame Dugrand, by assisting with costuming for the Christmas production of The Nutcracker Ballet, but we...

Hello True Drews! Today we're discussing book #109 The Mystery of the Masked Rider! Nancy and Bess go to visit their friend from high school, Colleen Healey, who is gearing up to show her horse, Nightingale, in a competition, but odd things keep happening to Nightingale! The horse is found roaming loose outside of her stall one night, even though Colleen swears she locked her in, nails are pla...

Hello True Drews! On this week's fun episode, we jump into book #108 The Secret of the Tibetan Treasure! Nancy, Bess and George are at it again, solving another mystery, this time at the Clinton Park Museum! (Not sure where Ned is for this mystery, he did not make an appearance or even get a mention!) Nancy is asked to help the museum curator, Nelson Stone, who appears to be receiving death th...

Hello True Drews! For this episode, we continue to the next book in the series, #107 The Legend of Miner's Creek! Nancy, Bess and George travel to the Cascade Mountains in Washington state to visit a friend of Carson's, Charlie Griffen, who also has a granddaughter close to their age, Rachel. Charlie is trying to sell the land his resort, Highland Retreat, sits on in order to pay for Rache...

Hello, True Drews!! For this week's episode, we continue our journey through the later paperback Nancy Drew books, this time covering book #106 The Case of the Artful Crime! Bess is working as a coat check girl at a ritzy River Heights restaurant, The Arizona House, and sabotage is on the menu! Bess talks Nancy and her detective skills up to the owner, Shawn Morgan, who hires her as an incogni...

Hello True Drews! For this week's episode, we discuss book #105 The Clue in the Antique Trunk, not to be confused with an earlier mystery story book, #17 The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk! Nancy, Bess and George go up to New England to see an old neighbor, Vera Alexander, who is putting on a craft fair in the little town of White Falls, but things are not as they seem. Vera has been receivi...

Hello True Drews! For this week's episode, we discuss book #104 The Mystery of the Jade Tiger. Nancy, Bess and George all head to San Francisco to attend a friend's wedding and also help out a friend of Carson's, Terry Kirkland, who recently lost his wife and is singlehandedly trying to raise their daughter Amy. But Terry has also been experiencing home break ins--two, in fact, just be...

Hello True Drews! On this episode, we jump into book #103: The Stranger in the Shadows! Nancy and Bess are hanging out with a neighbor of Nancy's, Suzanne Moorely, who is hosting an exchange student Paula de Jaeger, who is from the Netherlands. But Suzanne thinks something is going on with Paula. Could Paula be involved in something nefarious, or is Suzanne merely jealous? This mystery is a sl...

Hello True Drews! For this fun bonus episode, I share my memories and experiences from the 2026 Danger on Deception Island Clue Crew Trip hosted and put together by Hannah (@nancy.drew.nerd on Instagram)! I had so much fun getting to go on this trip and it was a once in a lifetime experience! I got to meet so many Nancy Drew fans in person, go kayaking and on a whale watching tour and just have an...

Hello True Drews! On this week's episode, we talk about the beloved HerInteractive computer game, game #10 The Secret of Shadow Ranch, which is based on the fifth classic book in the series by the same name! Nancy, Bess and George head to Shadow Ranch for some horseback riding, hanging out with cowboys, and general fun...but then, Bess and George experience travel mishap after travel mishap..a...

Hello True Drews! On this week's episode, we jump into book #102 The Secret in the Dark. Nancy, Bess and George head to Seattle--I was just there!--to see Bess's friend Dierdre, an old neighbor, who moved there to pursue her music. Deirdre is newly blind from an accident and is playing her violin in an upcoming competition at the Sabatini Conservatory of Music, but strange things are happe...

Hello True Drews! On this week's episode, we're back to the books and discussing book #101 The Mystery of the Missing Millionairess! Nancy, Bess and George go to check on a student, Claudia, at the prestigious Brookfield Academy just outside of River Heights, for Carson. But as soon as they get to the school, things seem to be going wrong... Claudia's roommate, Veronica Armand, daughte...

Hello True Drews! On this week's episode we're covering the last of the 4 1930's Nancy Drew movies starring Bonita Granville and Frankie Thomas! Based on the second Nancy Drew book by the same name, Nancy is solving this mystery in River Heights and trying to assist the Turnbull sisters, Rosemary and Floretta, who have been having disturbing things going on at their mansion. Things hav...

Hello True Drews! I'm so excited to be talking about the third movie in the 1930's Nancy Drew movie franchise this week, Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter! Nancy and Carson have to go to Sylvan Lake to try and help Matt Brandon aka Uncle Matt, who has been accused of murder! Ted is also staying at the lake and gets roped into Nancy's shenanigans once again. And might love be on the horizon for Carson Dre...

Hello True Drews! For this week's episode, we jump straight into the second Nancy Drew movie from the 1930's, Nancy Drew, Reporter! Nancy and Ted are back to their usual antics of solving mysteries in River Heights! This time, with the help of Killer Parkins and Ted's own sister, Mary. A woman named Eula Denning is accused of murder and it's up to Nancy and Ted to crack the case! Amidst whistle bo...

Hello True Drews! It has been a long time coming and I'm so excited to finally talk about the 1930's Nancy Drew movies with you! For the next 4 episodes, we'll be covering: (1938) Nancy Drew, Detective (1939) Nancy Drew, Reporter (1939) Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter (1939) Nancy Drew The Hidden Staircase This first movie is a screenplay of The Password to Larkspur Lane, the 10th book in the series!...

Hello True Drews! On this week's episode, we discuss book #100 A Secret in Time! Nancy and Bess go to an antiques expo in River Heights where Nancy's clock--THE clock--from her very first case, The Secret of the Old Clock, is on display. But at the antiques expo, chaos breaks loose when a $50,000 brooch goes missing...and it gets even crazier when Nancy gets home with her clock...and finds...

Hello True Drews! On today's episode, we jump into book #99 The Secret at Seven Rocks! Nancy, Bess and George are staying with the Larsens in the town of Seven Rocks in the Rocky Mountains, hoping to have a fun summer vacation that is mystery free, when yet another mystery falls into Nancy's lap! A wounded mountain lion cub leads Nancy to a wildlife rehabilitation center called Paws, where...

Hello True Drews! Today we're talking about book #98 The Haunting of Horse Island! In true Nancy Drew fashion, Nancy, Bess and George are going on a "vacation" which quickly evolves into a mystery! The Steadman resort is being plagued by sabotage! Someone is prowling around at night and playing creepy tapes of someone screaming near guest's windows, pies are poisoned and more! Th...