The Mardi Gras Mystery

The Mardi Gras Mystery
Nancy Drew: The Mardi Gras Mystery  
Author(s) Carolyn Keene
Language English
Series Nancy Drew
Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date 1988
ISBN 978-0671649616
OCLC Number 17442867
LC Classification CPB Box no. 1783 vol. 20
Preceded by The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds
Followed by The Clue in the Camera

The Mardi Gras Mystery is the 81st book in the Nancy Drew series. Set in New Orleans at Mardi Gras, it concerns a mysterious art theft.

Characters

  • Nancy Drew - the young detective
  • Ned Nickerson - Nancy's boyfriend
  • Bess Marvin - Nancy's friend
  • George Fayne - Bess' cousin
  • Brian Seaton - friend of Ned
  • Bartholomew Seaton - Brian's father
  • Michael Westlake - Brian's grandfather
  • Carson Drew - Nancy's father
  • Ferdinand Koch - local art dealer
  • Warren Tyler - Mr. Seaton's rival
  • Max Devereaux - an art forger
  • Mariel Devereaux - Max's daughter

Plot summary

In The Mardi Gras Mystery, Nancy's boyfriend, Ned Nickerson, is invited to spend the vacation with Brian Seaton, an Emerson College friend. On their way to the Seaton Mansion, Brian stops at Warren Tyler's house to pick up his father, Bartholomew Seaton, and at the same time shows Ned a portrait of his late mother, Danielle Seaton, by the famous artist Lucien Beaulieu. The painting is in the possession of Mr. Tyler since he found it in a barn he bought.

The friends leave for Seaton Mansion or "The Bat Hallow". They wear fancy dress for the Mardi Gras celebration. Later that evening they go to the Silver Yacht Club. That night the portrait is stolen. The prime suspect is Mr. Seaton, who is supposed to have wanted his wife's portrait. All the evidence points to him: he was wearing a bat costume, like the thief, and he was missing at the crucial time, around 10:00 p.m.

Nancy cannot resist the challenge of the mystery. Her investigation leads to the French Quarter where she sees a woman who looks like Danielle except that her face is scarred. She is shocked and hypothesizes that Danielle could have survived the sailboat accident.

Later she finds out the woman is Mariel Devereaux, whose father Max is an art forger. Nancy concludes that Max used his daughter as a model for the painting because of her almost perfect resemblance to Danielle. He purposely left it in the barn so that it would be found by Mr. Tyler, Danielle's suitor and Bartholomew's rival. His plan was to steal his own painting and ransom it for a million dollars. The money was to pay for his daughter's plastic surgery.



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