Peppermints in the Parlor

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Simon and Schuster, 2005 - Juvenile Fiction - 208 pages
Emily Luccock is looking forward to living at Sugar Hill Hall....She remembers her aunt and uncle's grand old mansion well, with its enormous, elegant parlor, marble fireplace, and white china cups filled with hot chocolate. But this time things are different. Her aunt's once bright and lively home is now dead with silence. Evil lurks in every corner, and the dark, shadowed walls watch and whisper late at night. And no one ever speaks.
Everything's changed at Sugar Hill Hall, and Emily knows something awful is happening there. What's become of Uncle Twice? Why is Aunt Twice a prisoner in her own home? Emily is desperate to uncover the truth. Time is running out, and she must find a way to save the people and home she cares so much about.
 

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Contents

Aunt Twice
3
Shadows in Sugar Hill Hall
14
Tilly
23
A Disturbing Explanation
43
Kipper
53
A Sad Arrival
68
Peppermint Peril
82
Fish Syrup
89
Mrs Poovey and Mrs Loops
113
The Remembrance Room
124
A Midnight Visit
137
The Trapdoor
145
The Jolly Sailor
155
A Necklace of True Pearls
165
The Scary Indiwidual
171
A Stranger at Pas Place
179

An Unexpected Invitation
102
Peppermints in the Parlor
188

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About the author (2005)

Barbara Brooks Wallace has written Victorian mysteries that include a parlor, a tavern, a castle, a scullery, and a gallery. But she claims never to have lived in a tavern or a castle, or owned a house with a parlor, a scullery, or a gallery. So far she has not lived in a tenement, either. She simply dwells in a nice little house in Alexandria, Virginia, with her very nice husband; affectionate Burmese cat, Cleo; and turtle, Peter. Her son, Jimmy, daughter-in-law, Christina, and Victoria and Elizabeth, their two daughters, live nearby.

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