The Mystery of Raspberry Hill
β Scribed by Eva Frantz
- Book ID
- 111932146
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781782693420
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A chilling middlegrade ghost story set in a spooky sanatorium during the 1920s
'A thrillingly gothic mystery. I loved the sense of hope that weaves its way through the story despite the dark and menacing atmosphere' Lucy Hope, author ofΒ Fledgling
The grown-ups all think she's going to die soon-she can see it in their eyes. Still, when poor twelve-year-old Stina is sent to remote Raspberry Hill Sanatorium she can't believe her luck. She gets to ride in a real motor car to the hospital, which looks like a magnificent castle hidden deep in the forest.
But as Stina explores the long, echoey corridors of her eerie new home, she begins to suspect that the building is concealing a dark secret. How did the old East Wing burn down? Why doesn't her mother reply to any of her letters? And what are the nurses all so afraid of?
Stina is determined to solve the mystery of Raspberry HilΒl-but as she edges closer to the truth, she finds herself in terrible danger...
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The Notting Hill Mystery was first published between 1862 and 1863 as an eight-part serial in the magazine Once a Week. Widely acknowledged as the first detective novel, the story is told by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R"", who is suspect
The Notting Hill Mystery was first published between 1862 and 1863 as an eight-part serial in the magazine Once a Week. Widely acknowledged as the first detective novel, the story is told by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R"", who is suspect
Thirteen-year-old sleuth Skylar Robbins has a summer full of danger and surprises ahead of her: moving into a creepy mansion, learning to live with her bullying cousin Gwendolyn, and starting a new school full of interesting classmates including a genuine middle school witch named Kat. Skylar discov
Liberty or death is just the beginning in this hunt for secrets left by the Founding Fathers. When sleuthing brothers Sam and Derek visit Richmondβs historic St. Johnβs Church for a reenactment of Patrick Henryβs famous βGive me liberty or give me deathβ speech, somethingβs hidden in the baseme