First of all, I am an older person, a 64 year old happily married man. Whilst I have been aware of the Nancy Drew books all of my life I had never read any of them.
We purchased the 4 DVD set of the Nancy Drew movies that were made during 1938-1939 and absolutely fell in love with them. As a result my wife bought me the first 6 books in a set. These were the yellow cover books that had been revised from the originals.
Then I ran across the Applewood reprints of the original books. For someone my age it is my opinion that the Applewood books are more appropriate. The vocabulary and writing style of the late 1920's and 1930's was something with which I could identify.
Reading the stories was like talking with my parents and grandparents again - wonderful. For me it was a return to the age of innocence that was long lost: Innocence lost due to time and war.
The 'Sign of the Twisted Candles' is a great, fun tale full of twists and turns just as the book title suggests. I count it among my favorites, but then no matter which of the original Nancy Drew books I happen to read it too immediately becomes a favorite.
The story shows Nancy at her best when confronted with a deep mystery and neither she nor you could ever be dissappointed with this 'Twisted Tale". I highly recommend that you read it - and share the book with your Grandfather.
Any Nancy Drew fan will love this book and read it more than once.
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Re-reading and reliving childhood memories
In The Sign of the Twisted Candles, Nancy and friends Bess and George are caught in a storm and have to stop and take shelter at an odd country inn. There they meet the timid Sadie Whipple and a odd but friendly Centenarian recluse. This starts them in on another exciting adventure with sneaky thieves, feuding families and kidnapping. It was just as interesting as I remembered and it was absolutely fantastic to read the girls exclamations imagining a man who lived through tallow, oil, gas and electricity. Who thought phones were new fangled irritations and wondered how anyone could live without such important modern conveniences. It was very charming and Nancy is a real spitfire. I can definitely remember why Nancy was my hero in elementary school.
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