The Treasure in the Royal Tower (Nancy Drew, #128) (2024)

I picked up Nancy Drew The Treasure In The Royal Tower (1995) recently which deals with a 200 year old diamond jewellery treasure royal mystery.

Nancy Drew, George and Bess wanted to enjoy their winter vacation in Wisconsin with lots of skiing and fun. While staying in the lodge, Workford Castle, they got to discover a maze of concealed doors, mysterious dead-end doorways and stairways, creepy sounds, unexplained questions and questionable people in and around the lodge.

Sadly, I think the who-done-it didn't turn out well or, let's say, not that convincing. The writing is rather bland for a mystery book. I find the characters rather bland as well. The plot lacked progress and planning. The characters lacked that x-factor for me. Maybe I have read too many similar books before.

However, I would suggest this series for the beginners and middle grades.

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I'm short on time today, so, let me be brief: This is another good mystery featuring that famed teenage sleuth. It's a little bit different than the old-school original novels, but, still enjoyable.

I read this book because I was curious about how it compared to the HerInteractive computer game based on it. I enjoyed noting the similarities and differences between them, and I enjoyed the story as well.

that karate scene at the end was hilarious

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Myself, I go out on the weekends and
shop thrift store and bulk book lots to rescue books and donate them. Sometimes I'll find a book I remember reading when I was young and will read it again before passing it on.

I don't rate these books using my normal scale, instead I give most of them three stars. This isn't a Criticism of the book, simply my way of rating them as good for children.

I'm not a big fan of the Nancy Drew paperbacks but I got this because I liked the game and wanted to see what it was based off. It was okay. It really wasn't too exciting. I sold my copy cause I really didn't care to re-read it anytime soon.

re-reading old books from childhood is, honestly, a form of therapy

I got this a few years ago at Goodwill because it is the book version of my favorite PC Nancy Drew game. There were some differences like best and George were with her professor Hotchkiss is a man. The owners of Wicker Castle was there instead of just Dexter. And there was sweet doggie Gus.

Nancy George and Bess are on a ski trip vacation and end up having to solve the mystery of who's making all the noises in the night who traps them in the elevator on the ski lift. There's multiple suspects and multiple things going on but the main thing is the letters that are hidden in the castle that belong to the queen and her Tower.

It was a fast read and I tried to play the game but sadly it's so old the game I have would not play on my laptop which is sad I enjoyed both I wish best and George have been in the game otherwise it was a perfect matchup.

I loved this Nancy Drew story. An old castle with dead end hallways and staircases leading to nowhere, a history full of secrets and mysterious sounds at night. It has all the elements of a great mystery. Nancy, Bess and George are all in it, on a skiing holiday together. And ever suspect is under the one roof - ever single guest and employee is in question. Great suspense!
I really enjoyed the Marie Antoinette element - it brought the story a little more into the real world. And the range of characters were great - if I could change anything, I would make it longer so that the suspects could be explored further.

Comparison to the Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower computer game. Another classic that was adapted well into a game. The atmosphere of the cozy Wickford Castle in the middle of a snowstorm is perfect, as is the cast of characters. The substance of the mystery was the same, centered around the history of Marie Antionette, though I was disappointed that Professor Hotchkiss played a much smaller role in the book than the game. Plus, the beloved Prof. was a man in the book and way less interesting than his game counterpart. A little bit less of an adventure than the game, but solid. 9/10

This book is a very boring mystery, there are not really any clues to get you an idea of who did what, just stuff constantly happening and Nancy consistently getting herself into life threatening danger. The differences between the HerInteractive game are stark, and I actually think the changes the developers decided on made for a better story.

Marie Antoinette character much more complicated - a not nice story..

Liked the doggie character so very much and enjoyed all the characters' romps in the snow and cold. New York wearher not like Wisconsin . Allusion to French culture and language always pleasant for me. Glad Nancy studied French for 3 years in high school.

Excuse me, I cannot accept Professor Hotchkiss as anything other than a wacky older woman who never gets Nancy's name right.

I'm glad I finally got around the reading the book that inspired the video game, but.... I prefer the game.

I haven’t read a Nancy Drew mystery book in a while. This book is based of the Nancy Drew CD-ROM I had as a preteen and when I realized that the game was based off a book I had to read it. Just like I remember Nancy Drew mystery book fascinate me and hold my attention.

My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.

My favourite Nancy Drew :')

these books are so fun!

YEAHHHH I love this game and this book was good. I love all the changes they made to the game.tho (minus making jacques ugly)

My English teacher said, this book is for kids. But this book is for all ages, and it is wonderful

A leisure read. Nancy drew reminded me of my school days. Feeling nostalgic.

The changes the game made were much better than the book and even so it was still a decent nolstagia trip.

As a child, I started playing the Nancy Drew mystery games from HerInteractive.

The first game I played was "Stay Tuned For Danger." After that, I persuaded my parents to buy the rest of the games for me. Treasure in the Royal Tower was game four. At the time, it was my favorite of the Nancy Drew games. (The Final Scene was the first "new" Nancy Drew game. I even pre-ordered Secret of the Scarlet Hand.)

I digress.

I remember reading The Treasure in the Royal Tower. I may have been in third grade (2001-2002). I read the book in my old bedroom in one sitting. (Just like I remember reading Secrets Can Kill in my third grade classroom. I finished the book and swiftly moved on to another. I did not suffer from a book hangover until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, mind you.)

Nancy, Bess, and George travel to a ski lodge in Wisconsin with the intent of having a nice, cold vacation. As always, they stumble upon a mystery. It isn't a well-formed mystery, but it is still a mystery.

Here are some questions I asked myself as I read this book:
1. Shouldn't Nancy get a search warrant before she snoops? Nancy is an amateur detective, which means she has no formal training, and there might be legal implications if she messes up.
2. Why does it matter if Bess wants dessert after skiing? Bess always wants dessert!
3. Does Nancy have superhuman healing abilities?

I enjoyed revisiting Wickford Castle, but I also rolled my eyes every four pages. I don't think I can give this book an objective rating.

This was kind of dumb.

The mystery wasn’t at all cohesive and the culprit seemed to come out of nowhere. There aren’t nearly enough hints to suggest Lisa did it, and so the last five-ish pages require all of the characters to sit around a table and recap every single thing that happened in order to explain why she was guilty. Overall just a poorly put-together story.

There were also some very ridiculous moments. Like Nancy gets run over by a snowmobile at one point. Rather than suffering several breaks, Nancy’s leg is merely bruised, which only inconveniences her at minor moments from then on. There’s also another part when she’s stranded on a ski lift, twenty feet up in the air, and she manages to jump off, land on her skis, and sustain no injuries (this took place after the snowmobile incident, too).

THE LAST CHAPTER LMAOOOOOO

Nancy and the culprit literally have a karate showdown.

“She crouched expertly in a karate stance.”

“Nancy countered with a loud karate yell and a hard chop to Lisa’s arm.”

"'But enough talk!' she said, lunging forward and striking at Nancy's throat."

It was actually a lot like the end of Danger by Design (the game). I’ll have to read that book before I know where the inspiration came from.

I’m honestly fine with ND books being over the top and ridiculous, but this one wasn’t enjoyable enough to make up for it. It felt like a series of random events, and so my interest waned as the plot progressed.

P.S. Professor Hotchkiss is a male in the book. What is it with Herinteractive and gender-bending elderly characters?

Luin joskus lapsena Neiti Etsivia; nyt sellainen loytyi Dallasin Suomi-Koulun poistomyynnissa joten tuli ostettua (kun harvoin loytyy kirjoja suomeksi).
OK tarinana, mutta nykyisin USAssa asuvana minua tympii kaannetyt kirjat. Ehka kokeilen viela alkuperaisena jotain Neiti Etsivaa. :)

A Finnish translated book of a Nancy Drew story, The Treasure in the Royal Tower, that I got for a quarter at the Finnish School in Dallas. I used to read these books as a kid for a while (before graduating directly to stuff like Agatha Christie and JWV Wetering etc). An OK story, but nowadays I'm frustrated about reading translations - so I think it'll be time to read some old Nancy Drew books once I run to them...

This book cost me 29p from a charity shop in Corstorphine, and although it's nowhere near as good as the original Nancy Drew books, it was worth the money! A good mystery, one which I actually couldn't solve before Nancy (unlike some of the other 1990s Nancy mysteries). Although it is a bit odd to see Nancy going on adventures without her dad, and saying things like "Oh, what a bummer!" this was still a fun read, and kept me occupied during a particularly bad car journey down to York.

I read this because I enjoyed the PC game based on it, and though there were a few differences between the two, they were pretty similar in the plot and characters and such. Not as good as the game, but still a fun read.

I have read many Nancy Drew's but this is definitely my favourite. I totally love how there is a punch at the end of every chapter which results in an automatic page turning effect.I liked the story,the plot and everything!!

this book was amazing !!!

I have the computer game for this (I think...) and I never knew this had a book for it! Is it worth reading?

Solid ND mystery. Like the setting and the way the mystery is reflected in the HER Interactive game of the same name,