

The age of the contestants is exactly how old the daughter would now be. I knew early in the first book that one contestant had to be the daughter of the murdered woman.

In #24 Murder House, Frank and Joe continue their investigation.

This book is also decent, but it's also kind of boring. We learn that the culprit isn't responsible for everything. But of course that is what the author wants!Īt the end of the book we find the culprit for the warnings and sabotageat least most of it. Since stupid Frank takes away television, the boys can't watch the movie and will miss out on clues. A network movie about the murder that occurred in the house is going to be on television, and the contestants have been looking forward to watching it. It's really dumb that Frank takes away the television privilege. This book is sabotage, sabotage, and even more sabotage.Įach time a contestant wins a competition, they must choose a privilege to take away from the house. I knew this series would use the same flawed concept. A culprit is revealed but is not the real culprit. That's how every single Nancy Drew Girl Detective trilogy plays out. But when more threats are made, the boys realize that someone else is sabotaging the show. The culprit has been caught and is in jail. Though a couple more attempts were made toward TV shows, Nancy Drew only aired once more as a TV movie starring Maggie Lawson on ABC in 2002.In #23 House Arrest, Frank and Joe think they can go home. Nancy joined the boys for a new series in 1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries aired on ABC for 2 years, first starring Pamela Sue Martin and later Janet Louise Johnson. The Hardy Boys beat Nancy to the small screen, appearing first on CBS as a live-action show and later on ABC as a cartoon. Warner picked the character up again in 2007, for a film with Emma Roberts in the lead, accompanied by Max Thieriot, and Tate Donovan.ĭesilu Productions tried to launch a TV version in 1957, but the program never made it to air. The films created some controversy, as viewers thought Granville played Nancy more coy and flighty than the books, willing to use her feminine wiles to enlist help from male characters. and starring Bonita Granvile in the role of Nancy. The first Nancy Drew mysteries hit the big screen in the 1930s, with an eventual four films produced by Warner Bros. Both franchises have been revamped and relaunched under new series names several times to adjust to changing societal norms, such as one revision in 1959 to remove racist stereotyping.

Admit it, that hidden staircase was terrifyingīoth series have been written by a variety of ghostwriters, with the Nancy Drew series published under the collective name Carolyn Keene and The Hardy Boys under Franklin W.
