I have personally only read the first 34 or so books, so I do not know if the tradition is well-maintained or not, but I have read some very enthusiastic reviews of the most recent volumes.
| NANCY DREW by Carolyn Keene |
| Titles in The Nancy Drew Mystery Series:
Several of the first 56 Nancy Drew books have been updated and reissued over the years. If you want to savor the original version of these mysteries, you'll probably have to do some searching to find them, but here's a helpful hint: Try your grandmother's attic!
1. THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK 2. THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE 3. THE BUNGALOW MYSTERY 4. THE MYSTERY AT LILAC INN 5. THE SECRET OF SHADOW RANCH 6. THE SECRET OF RED GATE FARM 7. THE CLUE IN THE DIARY 8. NANCY'S MYSTERIOUS LETTER 9. THE SIGN OF THE TWISTED CANDLES 10. THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE 11. THE CLUE OF THE BROKEN LOCKET 12. THE MESSAGE IN THE HOLLOW OAK 13. THE MYSTERY OF THE IVORY CHARM 14. THE WHISPERING STATUE 15. THE HAUNTED BRIDGE 16. THE CLUE OF THE TAPPING HEELS 17. THE MYSTERY OF THE BRASS-BOUND TRUNK 18. THE MYSTERY OF THE MOSS-COVERED MANSION 19. THE QUEST OF THE MISSING MAP 20. THE CLUE IN THE JEWEL BOX 21. THE SECRET IN THE OLD ATTIC 22. THE CLUE IN THE CRUMBLING WALL 23. THE MYSTERY OF THE TOLLING BELL 24. THE CLUE IN THE OLD ALBUM 25. GHOST OF BLACKWOOD HALL 26. THE CLUE OF THE LEANING CHIMNEY 27. THE SECRET OF THE WOODEN LADY 28. THE CLUE OF THE BLACK KEYS 29. THE MYSTERY AT THE SKI JUMP 30. THE CLUE OF THE VELVET MASK 31. THE RINGMASTER'S SECRET 32. THE SCARLET SLIPPER MYSTERY 33. THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL 34. THE HIDDEN WINDOW MYSTERY 35. THE HAUNTED SHOWBOAT 36. THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION 37. THE CLUE IN THE OLD STAGECOACH 38. THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRE DRAGON 39. THE CLUE OF THE DANCING PUPPET 40. THE MOONSTONE CASTLE MYSTERY 41. THE CLUE OF THE WHISTLING BAGPIPES 42. THE PHANTOM OF PINE HILL 43. THE MYSTERY OF THE 99 STEPS 44. THE CLUE IN THE CROSSWORD CIPHER 45. THE SPIDER SAPPHIRE MYSTERY 46. THE INVISIBLE INTRUDER 47. THE MYSTERIOUS MANNEQUIN 48. THE CROOKED BANISTER 49. THE SECRET OF MIRROR BAY 50. THE DOUBLE JINX MYSTERY 51. MYSTERY OF THE GLOWING EYE 52. THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CITY 53. THE SKY PHANTOM 54. STRANGE MESSAGE IN THE PARCHMENT 55. MYSTERY OF CROCODILE ISLAND 56. THE THIRTEENTH PEARL 57. THE TRIPLE HOAX 58. THE FLYING SAUCER MYSTERY 59. THE SECRET IN THE OLD LACE 60. THE GREEK SYMBOL MYSTERY 61. THE SWAMI'S RING 62. THE KACHINA DOLL MYSTERY 63. THE TWIN DILEMMA 64. CAPTIVE WITNESS 65. MYSTERY OF THE WINGED LION 66. RACE AGAINST TIME 67. THE SINISTER OMEN 68. THE ELUSIVE HEIRESS 69. CLUE IN THE ANCIENT DISGUISE 70. THE BROKEN ANCHOR 71. THE SILVER COBWEB 72. THE HAUNTED CAROUSEL 73. ENEMY MATCH 74. THE MYSTERIOUS IMAGE 75. THE EMERALD-EYED CAT 76. THE ESKIMO'S SECRET 77. THE BLUEBEARD ROOM 78. THE PHANTOM OF VENICE 79. THE DOUBLE HORROR OF FENLEY PLACE 80. THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING DIAMONDS 81. MARDI GRAS MYSTERY 82. THE CLUE IN THE CAMERA 83. THE CASE OF THE VANISHING VEIL 84. THE JOKER'S REVENGE 85. THE SECRET OF SHADY GLEN 86. THE MYSTERY OF MISTY CANYON 87. THE CASE OF THE RISING STARS 88. THE SEARCH FOR CINDY AUSTIN 89. THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING DEEJAY 90. THE PUZZLE AT PINEVIEW SCHOOL 91. THE GIRL WHO COULDN'T REMEMBER 92. THE GHOST OF CRAVEN COVE 93. THE CASE OF THE SAFECRACKER'S SECRET 94. THE PICTURE-PERFECT MYSTERY 95. THE SILENT SUSPECT 96. THE CASE OF THE PHOTO FINISH 97. THE MYSTERY AT MAGNOLIA MANSION 98. THE HAUNTING OF HORSE ISLAND 99. THE SECRET AT SEVEN ROCKS 100. A SECRET IN TIME: NANCY DREW'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION 101. THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MILLIONAIRES 102. THE SECRET IN THE DARK 103. THE STRANGER IN THE SHADOWS 104. THE MYSTERY OF THE JADE TIGER 105. THE CLUE IN THE ANTIQUE TRUNK 106. THE CASE OF THE ARTFUL CRIME 107. THE LEGEND OF MINER'S CREEK 108. THE SECRET OF THE TIBETAN TREASURE 109. THE MYSTERY OF THE MASKED RIDER 110. THE NUTCRACKER BALLET MYSTERY 111. THE SECRET AT SOLAIRE 112. CRIME IN THE QUEEN'S COURT 113. THE SECRET LOST AT SEA 114. THE SEARCH FOR THE SILVER PERSIAN 115. THE SUSPECT IN THE SMOKE 116. THE CASE OF THE TWIN TEDDY BEARS 117. MYSTERY ON THE MENU 118. TROUBLE AT LAKE TAHOE 119. THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MASCOT 120. THE CASE OF THE FLOATING CRIME 121. THE FORTUNE-TELLER'S SECRET 122. THE MESSAGE IN THE HAUNTED MANSION 123. THE CLUE ON THE SILVER SCREEN 124. THE SECRET OF THE SCARLET HAND 125. THE TEEN MODEL MYSTERY 126. THE RIDDLE IN THE RARE BOOK 127. THE CASE OF THE DANGEROUS SOLUTION 128. THE TREASURE IN THE ROYAL TOWER 129. THE BABY-SITTER BURGLARIES 130. THE SIGN OF THE FALCON 131. THE HIDDEN INHERITANCE 132. THE FOX HUNT MYSTERY 133. THE MYSTERY AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE 134. THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CAVE 135. THE RIDDLE OF THE RUBY GAZELLE 136. THE WEDDING DAY MYSTERY 137. IN SEARCH OF THE BLACK ROSE 138. LEGEND OF THE LOST GOLD 139. THE SECRET OF CANDLELIGHT INN 140. THE DOOR-TO-DOOR DECEPTION 141. THE WILD CAT CRIME 142. THE CASE OF CAPITAL INTRIGUE 143. MYSTERY ON MAUI 144. THE E-MAIL MYSTERY 145. THE MISSING HORSE MYSTERY 146. THE GHOST OF LANTERN LADY 147. THE CASE OF THE CAPTURED QUEEN 148. ON THE TRAIL OF TROUBLE 149. THE CLUE OF THE GOLD DOUBLOONS 150. MYSTERY AT MOORSEA MANOR 151. THE CHOCOLATE-COVERED CONTEST 152. THE KEY IN THE SATIN POCKET 153. WHISPERS IN THE FOG 154. THE LEGEND OF THE EMERALD LADY 155. THE MYSTERY IN TORNADO ALLEY 156. THE SECRET IN THE STARS 157. THE MUSIC FESTIVAL MYSTERY 158. THE CURSE OF THE BLACK CAT 159. THE SECRET OF THE FIERY CHAMBER 160. THE CLUE ON THE CRYSTAL DOVE 161. LOST IN THE EVERGLADES 162. THE CASE OF THE LOST SONG 163. THE CLUES CHALLENGE 164. THE MYSTERY OF THE MOTHER WOLF 165. THE CRIME LAB CASE 166. THE CASE OF THE CREATIVE CRIME 167. MYSTERY BY MOONLIGHT 168. THE BIKE TOUR MYSTERY 169. THE MISTLETOE MYSTERY 170. NO STRINGS ATTACHED 171. INTRIGUE AT THE GRAND OPERA 172. THE RIDING CLUB CRIME 173. DANGER ON THE GREAT LAKES 174. A TASTE OF DANGER 175. WEREWOLF IN A WINTER WONDERLAND Wikiepedia entry: 12-15-09 Carolyn Keene
Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Syndicate, hired writers, beginning with Mildred Wirt, later Mildred Wirt Benson, to write the manuscripts for the Nancy Drew books. The writers initially were paid $125 for each book and were required by their contract to give up all rights to the work and to maintain confidentiality.
Benson and Edward Stratemeyer's daughter, Harriet Adams, are often credited as the primary writers of Nancy Drew books under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene;[1] other ghostwriters who used this name to write Nancy Drew mysteries included James Duncan Lawrence, Walter Karig, Nancy Axelrad, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr.,Margaret Scherf, and Susan Wittig Albert. Also involved in the Nancy Drew writing process were Harriet Stratemeyer Adams's daughters, who gave input on the series and sometimes helped to choose book titles;[2] the Syndicate's secretary, Harriet Otis Smith, who invented the characters of Nancy's friends Bess and George;[3] and the editors at publishers Grosset and Dunlap.[4]The editors at Grosset and Dunlap were so heavily involved in writing the Drew books that they won the rights to the first 56 titles as the result of a 1980 lawsuit.[5]
In 1986, the Syndicate was bought by publishers Simon and Schuster; the Drew books are now handled by Mega-Books, a New York book packager.[6]
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I have personally only read the first 34 or so books, so I do not know if the tradition is well-maintained or not, but I have read some very enthusiastic reviews of the most recent volumes.
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