Mystery Games and Books

Nancy Drew The Secret of the Scarlet Hand

Between cases, Nancy Drew has taken an internship as Deputy Curator at the Beach Hill Museum in Washington D.C. Nancy soon discovers she will be doing more than learning about ancient Maya artifacts - there have been a series of thefts and the only clue left behind is a mysterious scarlet handprint!
As Nancy digs deeper into seemingly unrelated thefts, the knowledge she gains about the Maya culture makes her realize she may have unearthed a larger plot.

"The Secret of the Scarlet Hand" is one of the titles in this acclaimed Nancy Drew PC game series from Her Interactive. This title offers three "Spy IQ" or difficulty levels (Jr. Detective, Sr. Detective and Master Detective)

The Case: You, as Nancy Drew, have taken a summer intern position as Deputy Curator at the Beech Hill Museum in Washington, D.C. The museum specializes in ancient Maya culture and has just won a heated bidding war for the rights to borrow and display a strange Maya monolith recently excavated in Guatemala. While preparing for the exhibit Nancy learns about the Maya culture and artifacts. When a thief nabs a prized piece from the museum, Nancy realizes that the missing artifacts may have more in common than just the thief's signature handprint!



In "Secret of the Scarlet Hand" Nancy's investigation will take her outside the museum walls and into the U.S. capitol where she meets characters at the Mexican Consulate, visits a hospital and takes the D.C. subway.


As part of your job as Deputy Curator, you'll need to make sure all the exhibit pieces match their descriptions.


You'll be able to hear an audio recording of the description on each plaque!

Will you and Nancy be able to put the pieces of this ancient puzzle together? Or will the mystery remain entombed forever?