The God of Mischief

Little, Brown Books for Youn, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Sent to live with their nearest living relative, Sir Septimus Cloy, the ecc entric widower of their late mother's cousin, Mog and Nick spend a lot of t ime on their own. They explore the Cloy mansion, with its towers and turret s, staircases leading nowhere, and forbidden rooms. Two elderly manservants, Melibee and Bonefinger, guard Cloy like malevolent ravens. Sinister things begin to happen: a falling gargoyle misses them in the churchyard, a flagstone collapses beneath their feet, and their govern ess is found hanged in her room. References in old documents point to some dark secrets in the history of the house, and the village is rife with rumo rs. Can the twins discover the truth behind the family mansion and its secr ets, before their own lives become endangered? This gripping sequel to The Printer's Devil transports readers to a rambling mansion rife with secrets in the 1820s English countryside.