The Mysterious Mannequin

The Mysterious Mannequin
Author	Carolyn Keene
Language	English
Series	Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Genre	Juvenile literature
Publisher	Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date	1970
Publication place	United States
ISBN	0-448-09547-5
OCLC	82202
Preceded by	The Invisible Intruder
Followed by	The Crooked Banister

Last updated November 23, 2025

The Mysterious Mannequin is the forty-seventh volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1970 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.^[1] The actual author was a ghostwriter following a plot outlined by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, heir to the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

Plot

The perplexing disappearance of Carson Drew's Turkish client, Farouk Tahmasp, is followed by the anonymous gift of an oriental rug. Decoding a message woven into the decorative border, Nancy embarks on a difficult search for a missing mannequin, which leads to Aisha, a young Turkish woman living in River Heights. But then, a robber tries to steal the rug from the Drew home. Nancy, Bess, George, Ned, Burt, Carson, Dave, and Aisha travel to Istanbul to search for more clues. Bess disappears during the search and Nancy is attacked in the Great Cistern while they search for the sender of the carpet.

References

↑ Marshall, Elizabeth (2012). "Global Girls and Strangers: Marketing Transnational Girlhood through the Nancy Drew Series". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 37 (2): 210–227. ISSN 1553-1201.

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[1] Marshall, Elizabeth (2012). "Global Girls and Strangers: Marketing Transnational Girlhood through the Nancy Drew Series". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 37 (2): 210–227. ISSN 1553-1201.

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