The Haunted Showboat

The Haunted Showboat

Infobox Book |
name = The Haunted Showboat


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author = Carolyn Keene
country = United States
language = English
series = Nancy Drew stories
genre = Detective, Mystery novel
publisher = Grosset & Dunlap
release_date = 1957
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages =
isbn = NA
preceded_by =
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"The Haunted Showboat" is the thirty-fifth volume in the Nancy Drew mystery series. It was first published in 1957 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

Plot Summary

In this story, Nancy and her friends are to travel to New Orleans during the Mardi Gras season and explore a mystery surrounding an old river showboat. The boat, "River Princess" ran aground during a storm and been abandoned since then. The goal is to restore it before Mardi Gras so that a Southern belle can host her engagement party on it. Strange things have been happening on the boat, leading many to believe that it is haunted. Nancy and her friends delve into the mystery, despite the apparent dangers. Their car is stolen and someone is following them trying to scare them off the case.


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