When she’s tied to a chair, she taps “Help!” in Morse code with her heels. And these talents always seem to come in handy on cases. Her seemingly endless skills set includes playing the bagpipes, lock-picking, changing tires and other basic car mechanics, horseback riding, playing the piano, skydiving, analyzing handwriting and pulling public records at the library. Take a nod from her and be prepared for the unexpected.” “Nancy always had an overnight bag in her trunk in case an adventure required a road trip. “It’s important for women to have a ‘f- off fund’ so they will always be able to take care of and support themselves, even when life gets messy or throws curveballs,” said Worick. She expects authority figures like the River Heights chief of police will take her seriously. She travels the world outside her safe Midwestern community. She goes into creepy attics, basements, woods and carnivals, often armed with only a flashlight, looking for clues, secret passages and missing jewels without a second thought. Fervent fans Katherine Giles, editor and social media director of Bas Bleu books and gifts and Jennifer Worick, author of “Nancy Drew’s Guide to Life,” mused to Moneyish about the girl gumshoe’s best traits. So in honor of the new show, here’s seven Nancy Drewisms we could all use to solve problems.
Now NBC is developing a Nancy Drew series, this time featuring the titular detective as an author in her 40s or 50s who gets drawn into a new mystery with her old friends.
A 'Nancy Drew' TV series is once again in the works /14gS0ycoFeĪnd so young women have devoured Nancy’s adventures with her BFFs George and Bess, her sometimes beau Ned and her lawyer father Carson across more than 200 books and five films, including the 2007 movie starring Emma Roberts as the girl gumshoe.