Isn't that an awesome cover? There's a lot going on in that cover, and a lot going on in the book. This is a stuffed-to-the-gills children's mystery, with many standard elements of the genre, including a neglected and unloved child (lonely Tabitha, who has a love for Inspector Percival Pensive mystery novels, dreams of being a Scotland Yard agent, and has a mystery-solving mouse named Pemberley as her friend and sidekick), a haunted old mansion with secret passageways, a raging blizzard, a philanthropic countess with a murky past, failing-at-just-the-right-time electricity, and a £100,000 inheritance to be bestowed on one of six children. Reviewers who liken this book to those of Roald Dahl are not too far off. It is twisted and fun, and written by a Colorado author.
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