The Nancys
The Nancys #1
R.W.R Mc Donald
Reviewed by Helen
I had heard a lot of good things about this book and decided I should read it and I was not sorry, although it took a bit for me to get over the language that is used a lot throughout, but once that happened I got into it quick smart and thoroughly enjoyed the witty banter and my trip to New Zealand sleuthing Nancy Drew style with eleven year old Tippy Chan, her uncle and his boyfriend.
Tippy lives with her mother Helen in a small town on New Zealand’s south island, it is nine months since she lost her father in a car accident but is coping well, she has two best friends Sam and Todd. With her mother winning a cruise her Uncle Pike and his boyfriend Devon are coming to look after her, Pike ran from his home as a teenager and is living in Sydney but is really looking forward to these two weeks with Tippy.
First her best friend Todd falls from a bridge and now Tippy’s school teacher is found murdered, what is happening in this quiet town? Tippy has always been a fan of Nancy Drew as has Pike and these three unlikely people become a team called The Nancys and are finding clues to this murder and it is getting a tad dangerous here and there but they never give up, even when Tippy’s mum arrives home and puts a stop to all of this sleuthing.
There is also the show queen contest going on and Pike and Devon are helping Tippy’s neighbour Melanie with make-up and design just their thing, Melanie turns out to be a great character and support for Tippy.
This is a fun story and a story about grief, told from Tippy’s point of view it had me swapping and changing who I thought the killer was till the end and cheering her on with her strength and never give up attitude no matter what was happening and I loved Tippy’s strong support of her friends, of course Pike and Devon are loads of fun as are the neighbours the Browns. I am now very much looking forward to the second book in the series and being back in New Zealand with The Nancys and getting to know these fabulous characters even better.
Tippy lives with her mother Helen in a small town on New Zealand’s south island, it is nine months since she lost her father in a car accident but is coping well, she has two best friends Sam and Todd. With her mother winning a cruise her Uncle Pike and his boyfriend Devon are coming to look after her, Pike ran from his home as a teenager and is living in Sydney but is really looking forward to these two weeks with Tippy.
First her best friend Todd falls from a bridge and now Tippy’s school teacher is found murdered, what is happening in this quiet town? Tippy has always been a fan of Nancy Drew as has Pike and these three unlikely people become a team called The Nancys and are finding clues to this murder and it is getting a tad dangerous here and there but they never give up, even when Tippy’s mum arrives home and puts a stop to all of this sleuthing.
There is also the show queen contest going on and Pike and Devon are helping Tippy’s neighbour Melanie with make-up and design just their thing, Melanie turns out to be a great character and support for Tippy.
This is a fun story and a story about grief, told from Tippy’s point of view it had me swapping and changing who I thought the killer was till the end and cheering her on with her strength and never give up attitude no matter what was happening and I loved Tippy’s strong support of her friends, of course Pike and Devon are loads of fun as are the neighbours the Browns. I am now very much looking forward to the second book in the series and being back in New Zealand with The Nancys and getting to know these fabulous characters even better.
4 stars
Published June 3rd 2019 by Allen & Unwin
