Then she starts having sudden nightmares in which a voice calls for her help. Mallory sees a light in the top window of the empty manor. Some think that the mansion is haunted.Īll Mallory really wants to do is to go back to Philadelphia, but strange things start happening in Cedar Creek. The Gilmartins rent a cottage which is part of a deserted estate, the Lawrence Marlatt Manor, from which the young Marlatt daughter, Violet, had disappeared some fifty years before following a party.
It is Lorna’s old hometown, and Mallory likes being near her grandmother Aggie but misses all her old friends in Philadelphia. Just beware, once you start reading, you won't be able to stop until you reach the surprising climax.How would you react if you had evidence that a dead person was trying to tell you something? Thirteen-year-old Mallory Gilmartin has had to move with her mom Lorna and older brother Ron from their home in Philadelphia, PA, to the small community of Cedar Creek, VA, after her father leaves the family and her mother finds a job there. If you like suspense, psychic ability, and a scary story, The Mystery at Marlatt Manor is for you. There's also Kyle, an 8th grade nerd who wears checkered pants Roger Dunlop, a grumpy banker and Albert Hampton, Marlatt Manor's creepy caretaker.Ĭoupled with all this, Aggie may lose her beloved home and Mallory has strange dreams that may be the key to solving everyone's problems, including the manor's mystery. First, there's Grandma Aggie, who would rather ride a motorcycle, skydive, or delve into forensic science than sit in a rocker and knit. Could that be Violet's ghost?Īnne Loader McGee brings us a fast paced middle school novel, The Mystery at Marlatt Manor, as teen sleuth Mallory uncovers the mystery of the missing girl and the weird people that seem to be hunting for a possible lost treasure.Īlong the way, McGee introduces us to a cast of quirky characters. That night, Mallory sees a flickering light in the deserted house followed by the silhouette of a girl. Soon after, Mallory's mom tells her about Violet Marlatt, a missing teen who disappeared 50 years ago from that mansion during a party, and was never seen again.
Everything changes fast when a sports car forces the thirteen-year-old cyclist off the road and into a ditch as it speeds away from the spooky house on the hill. Cedar Creek is a complete bore and its middle school doesn't even have a girls' baseball team. Mallory Gilmartin, uprooted by divorce from her Philadelphia home, is transplanted to rural Virginia.
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