Nancy & Her Crew

When I got to be a certain bit older, & had pretty much finished all of these, Mom mentioned this series to me. It seemed "darker"; I'll admit I was rather reluctant to consider it, though I gave it a-go.

The first book of the series that I read (not necessarily this one, the actual first book of the series 😁) talked about how Nancy had the great support of a few friends, who were always there for her. This caught my attention more than the basis of the book. Socially inept in school (& otherwise), I considered these books to potentially be full of subtle clues on how to be more keen within my peer group. 😜😂

I also remember Nancy getting to the scene before anyone else & happening to have a mold with her. She was able to make a mold of a footprint & help out the detectives. Another time (possibly in another of the books) she saw something small underneath a bed & thought to get a sheet of paper with which to bring it out from its stow space with the dust bunnies. This time the detectives thanked her, though they also explained that they couldn't pull fingerprints from an article of such a small size.

The only other snippet that I can remember is one where Nancy & her friends were running at dusk, or maybe it was already dark. They were running from someone who was out-to-get-them for what they were doing - helping out...Or, so it seemed.

I remember that as Nancy grew out of breath & just couldn't go anymore, she accepted it, & slowed up to the quickest paced walk that she could manage. She thought to herself as she slowed up, realizing that this "follower" had also slowed up, &, instead of attempting to catch her, seemed to only be maintaining an acceptable pace to stay within reason of her, potentially keeping tabs on her.

This series grew intense for me. It might have been when I truly "wrote off" enjoying mysteries. I don't recall finishing too many of the books within this series, though I'm sure now, in my adult age, I'd likely pick one up & find it truly juvenile & roll my eyes at myself for what I took to be so much such intensity back then.


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