The Nancy Drew Files were a Nancy Drew Series targeted at teenagers. The series didn't have as many books released as the Hardy Boys Casefiles; most of the plots often had romantic themes in them. The series was darker then the other Nancy Drew series. The series is the first Nancy Drew spin-off to be created after the death of Harriett Adams.
Characters
Nancy Drew
Nancy is the main character, who is repeatedly into mysteries and other guys besides her boyfriend, Ned Nickerson.
Bess Marvin
Bess has a lot of boyfriends through the series. This often gets her into trouble, like being kidnapped, such as The Final Scene.
George Fayne
Like in the other series, George is interested in sports. However, she also has some romantic interests as well, notably in the "Summer Love Trilogy".
Ned Nickerson
Ned is Nancy's on-and-off boyfriend, who has a rocky relationship with her.
Carson Drew
Nancy's father, a widowed lawyer, who sometimes gives Nancy mysteries.
Hannah Gruen
Hannah is the motherly housekeeper of the Drew's house, who has been working there since the death of Nancy's mother fifthteen years before.
Brenda Carlton
Brenda Carlton is a reporter for the Today's Times. She often causes trouble for Nancy. She first appears in Secrets Can Kill. She also appears in the Nancy Drew Notebooks, the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMysteries, and in the Digests.
Nancy and Ned's relationship
Nancy and Ned were more of a couple then in the Originals or the Digests. In the Files, they often get into arguments, mainly it has something to do with Nancy's sleuthing. Ned Nickerson is a lot different in the Files than in the original series. He has summer jobs, his personality is changed as well. Over all Ned supports Nancy and helps her with many of her cases.
Ned broke up with Nancy in Case #8 (Two Points To Murder) because he thought that Nancy didn't trust other people any more, and had even started distrusting him. He says that it's time that they started dating
They even started dating other people in Case#9 (False Moves). They made up by the end of the book, and hinted about a date, but didn't get back officially.
In Case# 24 (Till Death do Us Part) Ned even proposes to Nancy, to keep his promise that she would be the first girl he ever proposed to (the time called him to propose to another woman). Overall, Ned appears and is mentioned in almost every book, and their relationship has a lot of depth to it.
List of Nancy Drew Files
9. False Moves
10. Buried Secrets
11. Heart of Danger
12. Fatal Ransom
13. Wings of Fear
15. Trial by Fire
16. Never Say Die
18. Circle of Evil
19. Sisters in Crime
22. Fatal Attraction
28. The Black Widow
29. Pure Poison
30. Death by Design
34. Vanishing Act
35. Bad Medicine
36. Over the Edge
37. Last Dance
38. The Final Scene
44. Scent of Danger
45. Out of Bounds
50. Deep Secrets
51. A Model Crime
52. Danger for Hire
53. Trail of Lies
54. Cold as Ice
55. Don't Look Twice
56. Make No Mistake
57. Into Thin Air
58. Hot Pursuit
59. High Risk
60. Poison Pen
61. Sweet Revenge
62. Easy Marks
63. Mixed Signals
64. The Wrong Track
65. Final Notes
66. Tall, Dark and Deadly
68. Crosscurrents
69. Running Scared
70. Cutting Edge
71. Hot Tracks
72. Swiss Secrets
74. Greek Odyssey
76. The Perfect Plot
77. Danger on Parade
78. Update on Crime
81. Making Waves
83. Diamond Deceit
84. Choosing Sides
85. Sea of Suspicion
87. Moving Target
88. False Pretenses
89. Designs in Crime
90. Stage Fright
97. Squeeze Play
100. Dance Till You Die
101. The Picture Of Guilt
103. Heart of Ice
104. Kiss and Tell
105. Stolen Affections
106. Flying Too High
107. Anything For Love
108. Captive Heart
109. Love Notes
110. Hidden Meanings
111. The Stolen Kiss
112. For Love or Money
113. Wicked Ways
115. Running Into Trouble
116. Under His Spell
117. Skipping a Beat
118. Betrayed by Love
119. Against the Rules
120. Dangerous Loves
121. Natural Enemies
122. Strange Memories
124. Crime at the Chat Cafe
Other Nancy Drew Files And Facts
-A promotional booklet was published.
- An ISBN number for Nancy Drew Files #128 has been discovered. Nothing else is known about it.
-On several websites, including Amazon.uk, a book called "Nancy Drew Files #125: Teen Model" is listed. The sites almost always include a picture of the Digest "The Teen Model Mystery" on the page of "Teen Model". However, The Teen Model Mystery was published in 1995, that's before the Nancy Drew Files ended.
-The "River Heights" series is a spin-off of the Nancy Drew Files.
- The Bluebeard Room and Phantom of Venice are considered to be the first books in the Files format.
- The 1995 Nancy Drew TV series was based off the Nancy Drew Files.
-The Nancy Drew Files books Secrets Can Kill, Stay Tuned for Danger, The Final Scene, Death By Design, were all made into PC games by Her Interactive.
-Some of the later Digests resemble Files books. It is possible that after the Nancy Drew Files ended, some of the unpublished Nancy Drew Files got changed into Digests. This would explain why no ISBNs have been found for Nancy Drew Files #126 and 127, yet an ISBN was found for #128.
-In Norway, the Nancy Drew Files were called "Nancy Drew Tar Saken". The publisher accidentally included the Digest #103 "Stranger in the Shadows" in the series. The cover was edited so that Nancy was not wearing a sweater, and was wearing a shirt instead. Three Files books were put in the Norwegian Digest series.
-In France, the Nancy Drew Files were called "Les Enquêtes de Nancy". The first 6 Files books were published, along with the The Bluebeard Room and Phantom of Venice. The Eskimo's Secret was also published in the series.