The Scarlet Slipper Mystery

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The Scarlet Slipper Mystery
Author Carolyn Keene
Country United States
Language English
Series Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Genre(s) Mystery novel
Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date 1954
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN NA
Preceded by Nancy Drew: The Ringmaster's Secret
Followed by Nancy Drew: The Witch Tree Symbol

The Scarlet Slipper Mystery, a 1954 novel authored under the pen name of Carolyn Keene, is Volume 32 of the original Nancy Drew book series published by Grosset & Dunlap.

[edit] Plot summary

Nancy meets Helene and Henri Fontaine, refugees from Centrovia who run a dancing school in River Heights. Strange circumstances have brought the brother and sister to the United States. When they receive an anonymous note threatening their lives, Nancy offers her help.

But she encounters nothing but puzzles. Are the Fontaines involved with the Centrovian underground? Have they been threatened by their own countrymen? Why? Is a series of paintings by Henri Fontaine being used for a sinister purpose?

Suddenly the Fontaines disappear. Have they been kidnapped? Nancy and her friends pursue the trail relentlessly, even though danger lurks around every corner. They are trapped by their enemies, and enables her to solve this intriguing and intricate mystery.