Nightmare in New Orleans (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Super Mysteries #30) [Paperback]

Carolyn Keene (Author), Franklin W. Dixon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1997

Celebrating the opening of her friend's restaurant in New Orleans, Nancy struggles to outwit a saboteur, while Frank and Joe investigate the theft of half a million dollars from a riverboat casino.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671537490
• ISBN-13: 978-0671537494
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,209,070 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon are the pseudonyms under which many ghostwriters penned the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, respectively. Both series were created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm, in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Stratemeyer's daughter, Harriet, and syndicate writer Mildred Wirt Benson were the two people primarily responsible for bringing the iconic character of Nancy Drew to life in the minds and hearts of millions of readers around the world.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a good book, September 23, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Nightmare in New Orleans (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Super Mysteries #30) (Paperback)

This book is very good. It's not just about mystery. You know how Nancy and Frank like each other? Well, in this book something happens. Not necessarily between them. A third and fourth person(s) may be involved. The plot was intriguing and suspenseful. It kept you guessing. I reccommend you read it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It s'ok, December 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Nightmare in New Orleans (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Super Mysteries #30) (Paperback)

I'm a Keene reader.... I like how the book's suspense kept me from just skimming through the pages of the book. I just wish somehow that maybe Nancy's & Frank's romance would be more than him/her getting a little jealous of the other, and a warm feling here or there.

1 sugestion.... give them a bit more emotion and thought... Sure, solving the case is important(like all mysteries, it gets solved anyways), but it isn't everything a reader sometimes would like to read.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good plot, rotten information., February 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Nightmare in New Orleans (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Super Mysteries #30) (Paperback)

This was a pretty good Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys, not as good as some I've read. But whoever wrote it obviously just read a guidebook on New Orleans. Mistake No. 1: It's impossible to be pushed off a streetcar in New Orleans. They aren't open-air. (I guess you could try to shove someone out the window, but it would take quite a while and someone would definitely notice.) Nancy Drew could have never been pushed off one. No. 2: New Orleanians don't have southern accents! Sorry, no pleasant southern drawl here. Some have N'Awlins accents, but those aren't real common either. No.3: NO ONE USES VOODOO IN NEW ORLEANS! The only thing connected with voodoo is the voodoo museum, and that's just for tourists. No one I know has ever visited it. If you ask a New Orleanian anything about voodoo, they will either look at you blankly or laugh in your face. NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT VOODOO IN NEW ORLEANS! Okay, I'm done sounding off. This was a good book and I recommend it to anyone who likes Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. The plot was unusual and the characters realistic. Just don't believe anything they say about New Orleans.