Happy Father's Day to all of the great Dads out there. I was very lucky: I had a wonderful father and like to include him in my stories; especially the "Nancy Keene" stories that I wrote as an homage to the wonderful Nancy Drew Mysteries I grew up reading. Mr. Drew was every girl's ideal Dad: definitely not a "helicopter parent", he gave Nancy all sorts of freedom. All she had to do all day was drive her "roadster" around and solve mysteries with no pestering Mom telling her to clean up her room. How lucky could a girl be?!
In the first Nancy Keene Mystery I wrote, "The Buried Treasure on Route 66", her Dad is having trouble accepting the fact that his precious Nancy has just turned 18, has a boyfriend, and is going away to college. How will he handle the empty nest? And what lessons will he learn when he joins Nancy and her boyfriend on a road trip? This book is rated PG.
My Nancy and her Dad are big fans of "A Prairie Home Companion" and she talks him into going on a pilgrimage with her in search of the towns that inspired Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon. Her Dad wants to go on a Bob Dylan pilgrimage while they are in Minnesota, but Nancy has other plans when a bachelor farmer goes missing. This book is called, "The Missing Bachelor Farmer." This book is rated G.
I love New Orleans, so I have Nancy going there on vacation with her Dad and her friends. When a docent at Oak Alley Plantation is found dead, Nancy will not rest until she figures out whodunit. They have to leave New Orleans before the murder is solved, but Nancy twists her over-indulgent Dad around her little finger and he allows her to return to the Crescent City to stay with her fun and funky Aunt Audrey in "The Ghost in the Plantation". This book is rated PG.
My most recent Nancy Keene Mystery is about Nancy, her Dad, and her girlfriend going to London. Nancy has her first serious crush at 16 when she sees that Daniel Craig is staying at the same hotel as they are. She's a big fan of James Bond and even goes to Harrods to try a find an outfit like one of the Bond Girls to impress him. When someone steals his BAFTA award out of his hotel room, Nancy is hot on the trail trying to figure out who stole it and why. This book is called "The Stolen Mask". This book is rated PG.
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