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151 pp.
| Dial |
September, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-8037-2220-6$$16.99
(3)
4-6
Continuing the adventures of John Bellairs's characters, Strickland pens a briskly paced mystery full of secrets, spells, and the supernatural. Lewis Barnavelt and his friend Rose Rita become enmeshed in a potential disaster. The destruction of an old bridge releases a malevolent force--the legacy of an evil, long-dead magician--but all ends happily despite the menace in this entertaining tale.