Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Once Upon a Thriller: Nancy Drew Diaries, Book 4
    Once Upon a Thriller: Nancy Drew Diaries, Book 4
    Once Upon a Thriller: Nancy Drew Diaries, Book 4
    Audiobook2 hours

    Once Upon a Thriller: Nancy Drew Diaries, Book 4

    Written by Carolyn Keene

    Narrated by Jorjeana Marie

    4.5/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    Dear Diary...

    All I wanted to do was buy a new book, read, and relax. But when Bess, George, and I visited the local bookstore in Avondale, we found it in flames, and before we knew it, we were in the middle of another mystery. Or was it the middle of one of the best-selling author Lacey O'Brien's books? I know it sounds really strange, but it seemed like mysteries in her books were coming alive: first, the fire; next, a sinking boat; and then, a missing statue. Were these innocent coincidences or chilling crimes?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateSep 22, 2015
    ISBN9781621885320
    Once Upon a Thriller: Nancy Drew Diaries, Book 4
    Author

    Carolyn Keene

    Carolyn Keene is the author of the ever-popular Nancy Drew books.

    More audiobooks from Carolyn Keene

    Related to Once Upon a Thriller

    Titles in the series (30)

    View More
    View More

    Related audiobooks

    Children's Mysteries & Detective Stories For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Falling In Love, By The Book

      May 18, 2021

      Falling In Love, By The Book
      4 min read

    • Article

      Beetlemania

      Oct 9, 2020

      Beetlemania
      4 min read

    • Article

      In Conversation With BARBARA KINGSOLVER

      Oct 27, 2022

      Barbara Kingsolver, whose novels include classics such as The Poisonwood Bible and The Lacuna, has won multiple literary awards as well as a devoted readership. She frequently addresses issues of social injustice, and her latest offering, Demon Coppe

      2 min read

    • Article

      Requiem for a Reader

      Jul 28, 2017

      My first memory of my father as a reader was him telling me to hurry up; it was almost time to silflay. The post Requiem for a Reader appeared first on The Millions.

      12 min read

    • Article

      A Mild-mannered, Solitary Librarian Discovers His Powers

      Jul 3, 2023

      Patrick deWitt, a droll satirist with a pointed taste for the bizarre, made his name with novels full of clever literary hijinks, including “Undermajordomo Minor” and “The Sisters Brothers.” His last book, “French Exit” (2018), was a loopy mother-son

      3 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Tim Lane

      Dec 8, 2021

      We stopped at the Topaz Internment Camp, where my wife’s family was held during World War II, near the tiny town of Delta, Utah. We found the apocalyptic remnants of one of our country’s great shames. The post A Year in Reading: Tim Lane appeared fi

      7 min read

    • Article

      The Joy Of Books

      Oct 22, 2021

      ■ I read your editorial about reading in the 7 October issue of YOU. I too love reading. It’s nice to escape from reality and lose yourself in a story. Except for sci-fi and westerns, I read almost everything. I keep a book in which I record what I’v

      1 min read

    • Article

      John Le Carré Biographer Adam Sisman: ‘He Wanted To Make Me Love Him’

      Oct 21, 2023

      Adam Sisman published his first, definitive, biography of John le Carré (AKA David Cornwell) in 2015. The book was produced with access to the author and his archive but there were aspects of his life that le Carré refused to discuss, particularly hi

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Unpassing

      Jun 12, 2019

      The Unpassing
      5 min read

    • Article

      What We Loved This Week

      Jun 1, 2018

      What We Loved This Week
      5 min read

    • Article

      Remembering Brad

      Jun 1, 2021

      Remembering Brad
      10 min read

    • Article

      Joanne Harris

      Jun 16, 2021

      What is your daily writing routine like? It varies: the past year has brought different habits, but usually I get up early, have a run, have breakfast and work in my shed until mid-afternoon, after which I’m usually done for the day, and I can enjoy

      2 min read

    • Article

      Gareth Rubin

      Aug 3, 2023

      Gareth Rubin
      6 min read

    • Article

      Tim Upperton

      Jul 31, 2022

      Tim Upperton
      2 min read

    • Article

      Books THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

      Mar 12, 2024

      I remember my astonishment when I first read Borges. He was my guy. He simply talked to the reader as they walked together through the library. A book of his selected stories was published in Bulgarian on the very eve of the 1989 watershed. Too late,

      1 min read

    • Article

      My Life in Books

      Jun 12, 2019

      JAMES P. BLAYLOCK, one of the pioneers of the steampunk genre, is the author of more than twenty-five books, most recently the novel River’s Edge and the novella collection The Further Adventures of Langdon St. Ives, both published by Subterranean Pr

      13 min read

    • Article

      Ken MacLeod

      Dec 1, 2021

      Describe the room in which you typically write. My office is about two metres by three, high ceilinged, walled with bookcases on one side, shelving for the printer and stationery and clutter on the other, and a table at the window overlooking the Fir

      2 min read

    • Article

      Stop! Hammock Time

      Aug 1, 2018

      Stop! Hammock Time
      8 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Lydia Kiesling

      Dec 16, 2018

      I couldn’t help noting that this reading assignment was the corner office in the women’s work of thinking about men who are not thinking about you. The post A Year in Reading: Lydia Kiesling appeared first on The Millions.

      10 min read

    • Article

      Zooming In

      Sep 26, 2021

      Zooming In
      2 min read

    • Article

      The BOOK THIEVES

      Jun 14, 2023

      The BOOK THIEVES
      8 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Once Upon a Thriller

    4.5/5

    138 ratings6 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      It was amazing!:] It was so fun to listen to. I loved how I couldn't figure out who did it until the end.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! I love all the Nancy Drew books, and this one was one of the best!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It was amazing!I love it!totaly doing it again!Love it!Amazing!super cool!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Soooooooooooooooooooooo good I loved it so much mistier and fun





    • 4/5
      This was another book that I enjoyed reading along with my goddaughter. I know that the Nancy Drew books have developed into a massive franchise, with a team of writers contributing to the composite persona of Carolyn Keene. Well, there is nothing wrong with that to my mind.As with the other books in the series, the story is sufficiently exciting to keep younger readers gripped, and although everything is entirely wholesome, the book is not reduced to the merely anodyne.In this case, Nancy and her friends visit a local resort to spend a restful weekend away. Nancy is keen to make some progress with the mystery books she is reading, hoping to take a break from real investigations. Unfortunately, she once again finds herself dragged into a mystifying set of circumstances, this time arising from what appears to be a series of crimes mimicking those from a famous writer’s series of crime fiction. I enjoyed it, and so did my goddaughter.
    • 3/5
      Book four in the Nancy Drew Diaries, “Once Upon a Thriller” continues the contemporary adventures of teen sleuth Nancy Drew. In this installment, Nancy, Bess, and George plan to spend a relaxing weekend at Moon Lake in the little town of Avondale. However, an incident at the local bookstore sets off a chain reaction of crimes that seem to mimic those written by mystery author Lacey O’Brien. As Nancy struggles to figure out the links and the perpetrator, someone seems to be trying to prevent her from solving the mystery. As with the previous three books in this new series, I found this one to be mediocre. The spirit of the original Nancy Drew simply isn’t there, replaced by a critical and sometimes almost disrespectful girl who seems aloof and detached much of the time. Several events in the story did not make sense, such as the fact that early on Nancy’s cell phone almost certainly became waterlogged and yet she continues to use it as if nothing happened. The brief appearance of Ned Nickerson was enjoyable, although Nancy worked alone for most of this book. Overall, the mystery was lacking in ingenuity and execution, and the heroine was not much better. Perhaps, though, new readers will find her more entertaining if they are unfamiliar with the original.