Maisie Hutchins is something of an amateur sleuth. And like most amateur detectives the mysteries just seem to find her. This time she accompanies her friend Alice on a trip to the country to get away from the London fog that is making Alice ill. When they arrive at the country home they are informed that the house is haunted and was built on a plague pit. Of course, all kinds of spooky things happen shortly after their arrival, but Maisie is not buying it. She's determined to find out the real reason everyone is seeing a phantom white cat and why the library smells so horrid!
Maisie is plucky and courageous. This was a fun bedtime read with my 7 year old. The chapters were a nice length so that reading one a night was enough for us. We did have to power through and read the last 40 pages or so one night just to find out the end. This is the first Maisie Hutchins book we have read, even though it's book 3. My daughter is anxious to read the first two though. I think I'll be introducing her to Nancy Drew in a few years.
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