Secrets Can Kill Remastered is the remastered version of the first Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew is a fictional young amateur detective in various mystery series for all ages. She was created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm. The character first appeared in 1930. The books have been ghostwritten by a number of authors and are published...

 adventure game Secrets Can Kill

Secrets Can Kill

Secrets Can Kill is the first of the many Nancy Drew computer games developed by Her Interactive and was released in 1998. It is followed by Stay Tuned for Danger. The game is based on the book "Secrets Can Kill", the first book in the Nancy Drew Files Series. It is set in first person view of...

 by Her Interactive

Her Interactive

Her Interactive is the leading mystery-maker and pioneer of fun and inspiring interactive entertainment. The company, with 24 awards to its name, designs, develops and publishes high-quality, mystery adventure games and apps, and is the world leader in the mystery games category. Her Interactive's...

. It was released on August 24, 2010 in honor of Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew is a fictional young amateur detective in various mystery series for all ages. She was created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm. The character first appeared in 1930. The books have been ghostwritten by a number of authors and are published...

's 80th anniversary.

Plot

While visiting her Aunt Eloise in Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, Nancy learns that a high school student named Jake Rogers has been murdered at the local high school, Paseo del Mar, where her aunt is a librarian

Librarian

A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...

. An undercover police detective hires Nancy to solve the case.

Characters

• Jake Rogers: An unpopular high school student who was found murdered at the bottom of stairs at the high school.

• Connie Watson: A tough girl who practices Judo
  Judo
  is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
  
  . She is the Hall Monitor.

• Hector "Hulk" Sanchez: A high school jock who's been a champion football player for the last four years.

• Daryl Grey: The student body president and a waiter at Maxine's Diner.

• Hal Tanaka: An exchange student from Japan
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
   who is trying to become a doctor.

• Detective Beech: Nancy's undercover police contact.

• Mitch Dillon: Mitch is the school's boiler serviceman and is not seen in the game but you can hear his voice when he calls you.

• Eloise Drew
  Eloise Drew
  Eloise Drew is a character who appears occasionally in the popular Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. She is Nancy's aunt and is the sister of Nancy's father, Carson Drew. Eloise is a teacher in New York.She has many friends who are detectives and, whenever she can,references Nancy to get her...
  
  : Nancy's aunt and Paseo del Mar High School's librarian. She is an unseen character.

Cast

• Nancy Drew -- Lani Minella
  Lani Minella
  Lani Minella is a voice actress who has voiced in over 500 computer and video games as well as several TV and anime series. She is best known for voicing Nancy Drew, Millie Strathorn, Loulou the Parrot and Freddie in the Nancy Drew computer games, Ivy Valentine in the Soulcalibur video game...
  
  
• Jake Rogers -- Alex Yopp
• Connie Watson -- Brenda Joyner
• Hector 'Hulk' Sanchez -- Daniel Guttenberg
• Daryl Gray -- Ulric Dihle
• Ned Nickerson -- Scott Carty
• Hal Tanaka -- John Truong
• Detective Beech -- Chris Maxfield
• Mitch Dillon -- Simon Choule

Fatal Errors

As in all Nancy Drew games made since The Creature of Kapu Cave, if the player makes a fatal error, the game will offer a second chance, and the game will reset to the point right before the error was made. Here are the different ways to get fired/die in this game.

• Entering three incorrect combinations into Aunt Eloise's safe.

• Setting off the soda machine alarm when Connie is there.

• Not fixing the boiler in time and getting blown up.

• Taking the bolt cutters from Maxine's without replacing it with the ladle and setting the diner on fire.

• Failing to trap the culprit in the end and getting pistol-whipped.

Trivia

• On the shelf left of the television is a book containing the names of the characters from The Captive Curse.
• The card catalog reveals that Sonny Joon, an unseen character that appears throughout the series, has written a book on aliens called Are We Alone In the Universe. The book can also be found on the shelf, although Nancy can't select it.

Release

The game was released as pre-order on August 11, 2010. It was released in stores and online on August 24, 2010.

External links

• Secrets Can Kill Remastered by Her Interactive
  Her Interactive
  Her Interactive is the leading mystery-maker and pioneer of fun and inspiring interactive entertainment. The company, with 24 awards to its name, designs, develops and publishes high-quality, mystery adventure games and apps, and is the world leader in the mystery games category. Her Interactive's...
  
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