It's A Clue

In Episode 75, we discuss Nancy Drew & The Strange Message In The Parchment. Whelp, it was definitely strange, and is currently holding the lead for one of our least favorite books yet. The reason, you ask? In this episode:

- Nancy full-on re-kidnaps a child

- “The bank in Deadwood runs a tighter ship than this.”

- The reformation of Sid Zikes

- A biblical shepherd who may be in the wrong field (pun extremely intended)

- There’s a b...

In episode 74, we delve into Nancy Drew & The Sky Phantom. We need to know - what are YOU wearing to a last-minute masquerade? In addition to the titular "Skyjinx"(TM), there were too many crash landings for Karen's liking, and not enough duels for Kelly's. There are many lessons learned, including:

• magnetized clouds are  rough on 'dometers
• secret societies shouldn't have membership lists
• Nancy ne...

In this episode of It’s A Clue, we discuss Nancy Drew & The Secret of the Forgotten City! But first, we crash elaborate field trips, Karen learns why vacation is a thing, Kelly heeds the PSA, and we fangirl over The Residence.  Otherwise, this book was pretty “whelp”, but there were some (unintentionally) funny moments that put the shine back on our apple. In this book, George grabs a car snake by the face, everyone's terr...

In episode 72 of It's A Clue, we talk about our new favorite sleuth-y book, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson! First though, Karen loves Annie Oakley and people singing with gusto, and Kelly was a life-sized paper doll and is chasing happy. Then, on to AGGG2M, which we loved! Let's talk about how cool Pippa is, her similarities and differences to Nancy Drew, and the neat things the book (and audiobook!) ...

Whelp folks, we loved this weird eyeball book! Nancy has competition in the sleuthing space, Carson's got an unrequested new workplace boo, Nancy subverts her jealousy into soil samples, Ned is 'napped again, we have a legit psycho killer (insert song here), and most importantly, the boyfriend bracket is BACK! This book is not brought to us by eyeballs or vision-related stuff, Karen is crocheting inventory, Kelly is enjoy...

It's book #50 - - time to celebrate our half-tennial! But before talking about Nancy Drew & The Double Jinx Mystery, Karen wants to be a psychic as anxiety treatment, Kelly wants the Goldilocks amount of information, and we need your super sleuth recs! Also, Karen has amazing personal banter (check out her crochet skills @NevermoreKnots), and Kelly is in the midst of autumnal joy. We learn about the etymology of the word &...

Whelp, I guess it’s time to discuss Nancy Drew & the Secret of Mirror Bay. If we have to. First, would you rather have a treehouse lair or a bunker? We get an email from Dr. Quicksand! Karen is in a season of tears, and Kelly has a bucket of margs. Flashlight arms returns, George uses judo early and often, Mansplainer Matt makes his entrance, and has anyone ever heard of a cola stop?

Rated 5.5 out of 12 gilded carriages

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In the our kickoff of Season 4, we delve into Nancy Drew & the Crooked Banister! Kelly wants a robot that will rub her back. Karen wants a robot that provides a “spontaneous bring”. We are both big Robby the Robot fans, we loved the cool clues but hated they went nowhere, and we love a flaming moat but hate a loose birch tree bridge. Also - Rawley totally faked his own death right?

Rated 9.25 out of 12 poisonous paintings

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In the Season 3 Finale, we get to go to Turkey with the Clue Crew –— Karen thought it was sassy, and Kelly thought it was meh but full of derring-do. We also discuss our theories on doppelgängers, our summer dreams, and how much we want to go to the Grand Bazaar and the Basilica Cistern.  Some thoughts to ponder: Would you buy a life insurance policy from Ned Nickerson? Would you have known Aisha was the mannequin? Should locksmith...

In episode 65 of It's A Clue, we discover our new favorite book, Nancy Drew & the Invisible Intruder!  Helen is BACK, and The Clue Crew teams up with a pack of married couples to investigate, like, five different hauntings and sea-shell thefts. Rita has ESP, Bess loves Dave, George has amazing illustrated hair, Ned is the most kidnappable boy ever, and Nancy adds some soft skills to her resume. Plus, ring-around-the diplod...

In Episode 64, we talk about Nancy Drew and the Spider Sapphire Mystery! But first: Karen is moving into her hammock, Kelly is off to the Space Needle, and we learn a new vocab word: ossicones! Giraffes aside, Ned and George get 'napped, Gwen gets reformed and needs her own book, the Emerson guys get in a "dust-em-up" and lose horribly, and Nancy sings the amnesia right outta' someone. We both want to go to Afri...

In this Super Sleuth episode, we talk about “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” - aka, the first in the series about our second favorite girl detective of all time, Flavia de Luce. Karen gives us some great background on author Alan Bradley and how this book came to be. Then we dig into poison lipstick, the love of libraries, priceless stamps, the need for a Clue Crew, and how Nancy and Flavia overlap (and don’t) in the Venn D...

In episode 62, we "dig" (get it?) into Nancy Drew & The Clue in the Crossword Cipher. First, we discuss extreme weather events IRL, read a letter from Eloise, talk about raver dolls and cryptid fests, and get a thorough history lesson about the Nazca Lines! Then, we go along with the Clue Crew on a Succession-worthy all-expenses paid trip to South America  where Nancy & Co:

• almost get sucked from an airplane
• dig...

In Episode 61, we talk all about Nancy Drew & The Mystery of the 99 Steps! 

Let’s head off to France with the Clue Crew to explore 400 chateaux, count 2,000 steps, evade one Mr. 9, and have run ins with at least 5 Auberts. Carson disingenuously offers to share his fee with Nancy, George gets yoinked by the throat, Bess continues to demonstrate sound judgement, and Ned probably cried and cried because HENRI!  

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This week, we’re (begrudgingly and against our better judgement) talking about Nancy Drew and The Phantom of Pine Hill.  Kelly would solve the mystery with a Chapter 2 slumber party, Karen would have passed on this case entirely, and Fifi-the-Cat joins the pod. 

Nancy and Ned engage in some real intense PDA, Dave gets stuck in a chimney, Bess is the hero we’ve always needed, Nancy gets concussed (again), and Ned is a real Dad-jokes ...

In this episode, let’s investigate The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes so we can go to Scotland with the Clue Crew!  But first, Karen is a baby lamb toucher, did you know Kelly was in Brigadoon?, and our friend Bingo makes a special guest appearance (no spoilers!). Sheep rustling is a whole thing, Nancy is a bag pipetress, vehicular incidents are at an all-time high, and we talk about Outlander an upsetting amount. 

Rated 9 out of 12...

In this Super Sleuth episode, we talk about our first-ever Baby-sitter’s Club Book - Super Mystery #1.  Karen is a Mary Anne / Dawn / Karen Brewer hybrid, and Kelly is a Kristy (shocker).  Kelly gets a brand, Karen made it through roller derby, and we want to watch Elf while reading a book and taking a nap.  Karen gets the hiccups, Georgio is ILLEGAL, and we learn how to drop a dime. The Venn diagram overlap with the Nancy-verse an...

In Episode 57, let’s talk about our very first Hardy Boys book - The Tower Treasure! (Spoiler alert, we both friggin’ love the Hardy Boys now!). But first, Kelly loves an earmuff, Karen has a brain meld with Will Shortz, the word “panopticon” is used for the first time on this show, and Aileen’s gonna hook us up with proof of robotic puppets. Over in . . . Bayside? Baywatch? Bayport?….we have our first perishing, there’s lots of re...