The Case of the Missing Kindle Content: Yes ... I have one ... a Kindle ... and it's loaded with Stephenie Meyer, Oz books, Romeo and Juliet, Tom Sawyer, Edgar Rice Burroughs and much, much more ... but nothing Nancy. Why is this? Well maybe because Amazon has precious little available Nancy for download. Eh? Maybe they should do something about this. Yes?

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Perditorian ... Enola is one ... and she's also the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes ... you've heard of them ... yes? Well, in The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery, when the brothers decide that their sister belongs at a boarding school, Enola escapes and heads for London dressed as a widow. There she is able to solve ... through bravery, common sense and using her powers of deduction ... a mystery involving the disappearance of young Viscount Tewksbury. There are two additional books ... The Case of the Left-Handed Lady and The Case of the Bizarre Bouquet. Read more ... or check out CotMM, CotLHL and CotBB at Amazon. BTW ... a perditorian is a "finder of lost things" ... you probably already knew that ... but did you notice that Enola spelled backwards is "alone"?

Mystery of the Clue Bender Society ... coming this summer from Majesco for Nintendo DS as a follow-up to Nancy's debut on DS, The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park.

"The Nancy Drew brand is marked by a distinctive 'snowballing' of suspects, clues and danger as the teen detective works to solve the deepening mystery. Nancy Drew: The Mystery of the Clue Bender Society delivers this signature intrigue while incorporating a host of compelling new interactive features that augment the Touch Screen experience."

So say the guys at Majesco and I'm sure it's true. Read more ...

This DVD coming March 11 ... yes it's in my queue and in the meantime I'm watching Bonita Granville in Nancy Drew, Detective; Nancy Drew, Reporter; Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter; and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase .

Girl Gaming: Nancy is bringing a dramatic rise in female gamers ... or is she? This fluff piece at KABC in Los Angeles wants us to think so but folks at Gaming Today think differently ... especially rjtrhjyty. Read on ...

Join the Search for the Web Clue: Brighter Minds Media, LLC in conjunction with HER Interactive, have launched Nancy Drew and the Search for the Web Clue, an online scavenger hunt contest based on the mystery of Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor. Something's haunting Blackmoor Manor and it's up to you to find the clues to solve the mystery. The contest lasts for ten days, and each day a clue will be hidden on one of ten participating websites. Fans must use their best detective skills to find all 10 clues in 10 days to solve the mystery and find out what is haunting Blackmoor Manor.

Clues will be posted from September 4 until September 17 ...yikes ... better get started right now at Brighter Minds ...

If Nancy were ... a recent graduate of the police academy in Sweden ... she would be Linda Wallander ... and there would be burning swans and Guyana, ritual murder and sacrifice, and of course Chief Inspector Kurt Wallander of the Ystad police. Ok ... Linda is just a little older ... nearly thirty ... and maybe this books is for "mature" Nancy fans because it is a little violent but Linda certainly has the Nancy instincts as well the ability and nerve to pick just about every lock she sees in the first few pages of the book. Read more about Before the Frost ...

Drew and the Crew for You: River Heights is hosting its first fashion show -- for dogs! Proceeds will go to the Rollover Rescue animal shelter. The Clue Crew is excited because not only will the day be filled with tons of cute pooches, but Nancy's own puppy, Chocolate Chip, will be a model in the show! But of course, there are some bumps along this fashion show's runway when someone steals a special basket of gourmet dog biscuits ...

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Gamasutra Speaks with Her Interactive: This interview marks the 10th year of Her Interactive in the Nancy game business ... as well the recent release of their first DVD game in August, Nancy Drew: The Curse of Blackmoor Manor, where Nancy travels to England to investigate a series of mysterious events at a 14th century mansion ... and the upcoming October release of their 17th PC game in the series, Nancy Drew: The Legend of the Crystal Skull, which sends Nancy to New Orleans with her best friend Bess.

"Her Interactive secured the Nancy Drew license from Simon & Schuster in 1997.

When we first started in the industry, we looked around and saw very few games made for girls. We were surprised, but we realized an opportunity so we created our first PC game and took it to the publishers to put on the retail shelves.

All of them turned us down. They said girls and women would not play video games because they were computer phobic. It was an unbelievable comment, and yet it was pervasive in the industry."

Read more of this interview at Gamasutra ...

Hooked by Nancy: First Book, an award-winning children's literacy organization that provides new books to children in need has announced the results of its What Book Got You Hooked? campaign, revealing that thousands of Americans got hooked on reading by Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew mysteries. Hmmmm ... I know this wasn't true for me ... nope ... it would have to have been the combined collection of Oz and Tarzan books I discovered at my great-grandmother's house a long, long time back that led to where I am now ... dividing my time between Nevada Barr and Henning Mankell. All my other bad habits can be traced to drinking RC Cola and eating Devil Dogs ... well most of them anyway.

First Book is a nonprofit organization with a single mission ... to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. Sounds worthwhile. And apparently First Book has provided more than 50 million new books to children in need in thousands of communities nationwide. To learn more about First Book or to donate, please visit http://www.firstbook.org/ .