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 Africa after reading this book, which you probably will too - caveat being, you've gotta do it Nancy Style with full amenities.

Rated 8.5 / 12 deadly suitcases

Recommendations:

• Palm Royale on Apple TV+
• Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

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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 Diagram of Sleuths.

In other news, Karen wants a tertiary understanding of everything in the universe, Kelly wants to visit The Poison Garden, and Karen’s mind is blown by a burning question. Don’t forget - kick ‘em in the Casanovas!

Rated 11.75 poisonous lipsticks

Recommendations:
“Murder in New York” (Netflix)
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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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 up a very important archaeological site
• find a mummy and a treasure
• and do lots of judo!

Rated 6.5 out of 12 Parachutists

Next up - a TBD super sleuth mystery!

Recommendations:
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne PhD
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann

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