The Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion

Good start with Nancy Drew outsleuthing the FBI. Then the author ran out of allotted page count, so rushed the denouement through an intercom.

Nancy travels to Florida with her complete retinue of sidekicks to work on a case for her father. In typical Nancy Drew fashion, she manages to singlehandedly rescue the U. S. Space Program from a nefarious group of spies who are intent on blowing up Cape Kennedy with a truckload of explosive oranges.
If you think that plot sounds positively ludicrous, that's because it is. The Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion is one of the silliest and most illogical Nancy Drew stories I have ever read.

My review is of the 2003 printing of the 1969 edition of the story. From other reviews, I gather the original 1941 version is quite different and actually sounds much better. Anyone interested in the Moss-Covered Mansion should track down a copy of show more the 1941 story and avoid the moronic 1969 version like the plague. show less

Sneaky. I thought I was going to read a story about the Moss Covered Mansion, instead I learned about the Kennedy Space Center, astronauts,... it was a wonderful mystery with twists and turns that I did not expect to occur. It was very inspiring. It made me want to read space books afterwards.

I absolutely loved Nancy Drew growing up. This was a series I latched on to for dear life and never let go. Anytime my mom and I would go to antique stores, we'd peruse the Nancy Drews and add them to the collection (oftentimes my mom had to make deals with me on how many I could buy). So, while I don't remember the exact details of each and every one, the entire series was amazing and really fed my love for reading (especially novels full of suspense and mystery). Thank you, Carolyn Keene, for giving us an intelligent female character to fall in love with in Nancy Drew!

This was one of my favorite Nancy Drew books, I remember the creepiness of the mansion and the wild animals and how determined Nancy was to get in there in spite of the creepiness.

A friend of Carson Drew’s has been arrested and charged with sending a truck loaded with explosive oranges into the Space Center complex at Cape Kennedy. Knowing that Mr. Billington could not possible be guilty of sabotage, Nancy and her father rush to defense of the accused man.
During the Drew’s investigation Nancy becomes suspicious of an old, spooky mansion. Behind a high, steel-mesh enclosure fierce African wild animals roam over the extensive grounds. Through a ruse the clever teen-age detective discovers the t something besides the training of wild animals is going on at the mysterious moss-covered mansion estate.
Many dangerous moments await Nancy before she proves Mr. Billington’s innocence and thwarts the plans of show more treacherous subversives bent on undermining the U.S. Space program show less

An enjoyable adventure story connected to NASA and a spooky mansion. Plus, I've been to the Atlantic coast of Florida described in the book, and it is beautiful!