Nancy Drew: Girl Detective is a 2004-2012 book series which replaced the long-running Nancy Drew mystery series. This new series is written in first person narration, from Nancy’s point of view, and features updated versions of the main Nancy Drew characters. New secondary characters are introduced to populate River Heights and appear over multiple books, adding a framework to Nancy’s world.
The Nancy Drew: Girl Detective novels are usually based in the fictional town of River Heights, which is located in Illinois. Other fictional cities that are mentioned are Silver Creek, East Bank, Cutler Falls, and Trib Falls, which are all near River Heights and the Muskoka River. River Heights is a 1-hour drive west of the real city, Chicago, which has been mentioned frequently.
Nancy has shoulder-length strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes, and is 5’8 in height. She has described herself to wear jeans, t-shirts, and cardigan sweaters. She has said that she is somewhere in between tomboy and girly-girl.
Nancy has been solving mysteries since she was little, making friends with Bess Marvin and George Fayne. Nancy began dating Ned Nickerson when they were in junior high, and their first date was at the Mahoney Library.
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