The Scarlet Slipper Mystery

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name = The Scarlet Slipper Mystery
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author = Carolyn Keene
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country = United States
language = English
series = Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
genre = Mystery novel
publisher = Grosset & Dunlap
release_date = 1954
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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"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.

Plot summary

Nancy meets Helene and Henri Fontaine, refugees from Centrovia who run a art 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 are captured with no reason. Have they been kidnapped and killed at last? Nancy and her friends pursue the trail relentlessly, even though danger lurks around every corner.At one point they are captured themselves. Maybe this mystery will never be solved.Nancy Drew