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From the New York Times bestselling author of Scritch Scratch and The Mystery of Locked Rooms comes a new spooky mystery about a girl detective who must decode a series of ominous clues tied to a century-old tragedy to find a missing teenager before it's too late... Twelve-year-old Hazel Woods has always had an unusual knack for sleuthing. Some may call it snooping, but all she really wants is to solve mysteries around town. So, when she not-so-accidentally overhears her brother Den planning to sneak into the cemetery at night for an epic game of hide-and-seek, she decides to secretly tag along. This seems like the perfect opportunity to investigate the claims that the cemetery is haunted. But the moment the game ends, Hazel realizes something is very, very wrong. From her hiding spot in the bushes, she overhears that her brother's best friend, Everett, is missing. Everyone else was found by the seeker but there's no sign of Everett anywhere. It's as if he just . . . vanished Hazel and Den are determined to find Everett before it's too late. But as they begin to unravel the terrifying clues that started appearing since that night in the graveyard-eerie whispers that sound like someone counting, the intermittent smell of smoke, and the cold, lost presence that follows them everywhere, she's not sure what they are dealing with. But Everett needs more than search parties and scent-tracking dogs to find him, especially if his disappearance is tied to the history of the cemetery, and the lost, century-old spirits that might still be trapped there . . .

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"""[A] relentlessly eerie ghost story... will invest readers from the jump."" -- Publishers Weekly ""The fright level was just right for this age group... A good choice for older elementary or middle grade readers that want a scary but not gory book."" -- Youth Services Book Review"

""[A] relentlessly eerie ghost story... will invest readers from the jump."" -- Publishers Weekly ""The fright level was just right for this age group... A good choice for older elementary or middle grade readers that want a scary but not gory book."" -- Youth Services Book Review

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Lindsay Currie is the New York Times bestselling author of six middle grade novels, including The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street, Scritch Scratch, What Lives in the Woods, The Girl in White, It Found Us, and The Mystery of Locked Rooms. She grew up on Nancy Drew and loves a good mystery. Bonus points if it's spooky! When she's not writing, Lindsay can generally be found looking for an adventure of her own. She loves researching the forgotten history in her city, Chicago, taking long walks with her family, and as pretty much everyone knows . . . Disney World!

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