Without a Trace/A Race Against Time/False Notes/High Risk (Nancy Drew: All New Girl Detective 1-4) [Box set] [Paperback]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

Let me introduce myself. I'm Nancy Drew. Some call me a girl detective. Others call me "that girl who cooked my goose." But everyone calls me sharp -- especially when it comes to crime. And since mystery and I follow each other everywhere, I'm pretty busy. Take a look inside at some of my favorite cases, and you'll see what I mean!

#1 Without a Trace

#2 A Race Against Time

#3 False Notes

#4 High Risk

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From the Inside Flap

Let me introduce myself. I'm Nancy Drew. Some call me a girl detective. Others call me "that girl who cooked my goose." But everyone calls me sharp -- especially when it comes to crime. And since mystery and I follow each other everywhere, I'm pretty busy. Take a look inside at some of my favorite cases, and you'll see what I mean!

#1 Without a Trace
#2 A Race Against Time
#3 False Notes
#4 High Risk

About the Author

Carolyn Keene is the author of the ever-popular Nancy Drew (All New) Girl Detective and Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series.

Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin; Four Book Set edition (October 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689036914
• ISBN-13: 978-0689036910
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,734 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Updated, fun, and still a good role model, December 11, 2006

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This review is from: Without a Trace/A Race Against Time/False Notes/High Risk (Nancy Drew: All New Girl Detective 1-4) (Paperback)

I have enjoyed the original Nancy Drews for years, and have wished for an updated version that maintained suspense, and also the good character that Nancy & her friends modeled. After having read all four (and a few beyond)of the titles in this set, I am very pleased with these. I would guess the "mystery difficulty level" of these to be for pre-teens and teens, but I (an adult) have enjoyed them as light, fun reading as well.

In contrast to the originals, these are written in the first person, with Nancy herself telling the stories. Her best friends Bess and George are right in the action with her, and her dad Carson and housekeeper Hannah are a part of some of the stories. Her boyfriend Ned is there to help her solve most of the mysteries, and so far it seems that Nancy is exclusively dating him (also unlike the originals. So far, there has been no mention of Burt and Dave, George & Bess' boyfriends.)

I'm not sure what the other reader's concern was with the Nancy-Ned relationship; they seem to be behaving morally and honorably (and my standards are pretty high).

I am enjoying these, and plan to get some for my own daughters.

29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars They are ok..., February 20, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Without a Trace/A Race Against Time/False Notes/High Risk (Nancy Drew: All New Girl Detective 1-4) (Paperback)

These books are ok. Just not my preference. They just don't have the same feel as other Nancy Drew, they seem to have lowered the maturity level off Nancy and upped the mature relationship between Nancy and Ned. It's still fun to read but just not the Nancy Drew I know.

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars New Nancy a bit like Paris Hilton, July 18, 2007

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Triplet Mom (Kansas City, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Without a Trace/A Race Against Time/False Notes/High Risk (Nancy Drew: All New Girl Detective 1-4) (Paperback)

For those of us who grew up reading the yellow Nancy Drew series, prepare to be disappointed with the new series. Yes, there is no more Nancy picking out which frock to wear, or references to baking casseroles, which seemed antiquated back in the 70's. However, if you can overlook the dated feeling of the yellow series, Nancy, despite the June Ward stereotype, was a smart young woman. Girls could look up to the old Nancy as a shrewd, moral, pretty, bright, courageous young woman, who was thoughtful, had good manners, was considerate, and was aware of her femininity, but didn't let that stop her from being a terrific detective whom everyone, male and female alike, admired.
I purchased a new Nancy Drew for my niece and began to thumb through it. The new Nancy talks about a boy looking at her "long and hard" in one book, and whether she should tell the boy staring at her that she has a boyfriend. The word "sleazy" is mentioned, and it seems that Nancy has been transformed from a smart young woman for pre-adolescent girls to admire to a modern, superficial teenage romance novel girl. The new Nancy, it seems, has lost a lot of her intelligence, replaced with cliquish, materialistic, superficiality, a girl whose inner musings remind one of a teenage tabloid magazine gossip column. Definitely a disappointment- not the wholesome heroine I was hoping for my daughter to read about and emulate. I'd rather skip over the "Betty Crocker" stuff in the old yellow series and read those instead.