Review: Spellbinder "Sure-To-Please Page-Turner"

Book review: The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder

Review: Beast "A Wonderful Blend of Mystery, Adventure, Ghosts, and Friendship"

Book review: The Beast under the Wizard's Bridge

Review: Vengeance "Spooky, Bone-rattling Fun"

Book review: The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder

Review: Tower "A Wonderful Spine-chiller With A Great Climax"

Book review: The Tower at the End of the World

Book Alert: Le Sifflet, la Tombe et le Fantôme

The French edition of the The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost, with cover art by Lalex, is to be published this June. This is book #10 in the Kévin et les magiciens series.

Review: Letter "A Remarkably Well-Wrought, Suspenseful Finale"

Book review: The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring

Review: Whistle "A Well-written Fabulous Story"

Book review: The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost

Review: Ghost "Extremely Propelling Plot...Narratively Well Written"

Book review: The Ghost in the Mirror

Review: Chessmen "A Fairly Solid Piece of Work"

Book review: The Chessmen of Doom

The Day of Gloom

Lewis and Rose Rita battle a magician and musician in The Doom of the Haunted Opera as they try to make sense of the score entitled, The Day of Doom.  It sounded dreadful and unworthy of a sequel, but someone has now, all these years later, come up with something that sounds like a follow-up.

Review: Spell "Great Literature This Isn't, But It's An Enjoyable Read In Its Own Way"

Book review: The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull

Review: Curse "A Hair-Raising, Grand-Whammy Climax"

Book review: The Curse of the Blue Figurine

Review: Chessmen "Unfolds Briskly and Relatively Smoothly"

Book review: The Chessmen of Doom

Review: Beast "A Briskly Paced Mystery Full of Secrets, Spells, and the Supernatural"

Book review: The Beast under the Wizard's Bridge

Review: Doom "Continue[s] The Bellairs Spirit, But Also With Something New"

Book review: The Doom of the Haunted Opera

Review: Drum "Occasionally Predictable, But Quite Gripping Nonetheless"

Book review: The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie

Review: Lamp "No Present-Day author Creates Better Spine-Tingling Tales Than John Bellairs"

Book review: The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb

Review: Figure "Smoothly Contrapuntal, Often Amusing, And adroitly Constructed And Paced"

Book review: The Figure in the Shadows

Review: Eyes "Characters Can Be Very Wishy Washy In Their Goodness"

Book review: The Eyes of the Killer Robot

Review: Spellbinder "[A] Suspenseful Novel Will Engage Readers"

Book review: The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder

Review: Weatherend "Atmosphere...Is Creepy And A Little Chilling"

Book review: The Dark Secret of Weatherend

Review: Vengeance "Full of Deliciously Spooky Occurrences"

Book review: The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder

Review: Whistle "Will Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats"

Book review: The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost

Review: Pedant "A One-of-a-Kind Book From a One-of-a-Kind Writer"

Book review: The Pedant and the Shuffly

Review: Tower "A Fun Read For Bellairs Fans"

Book review: The Tower at the End of the World

Review: Revenge "A Must-Read for...Any Fan of the Gothic Mystery Genre"

Book review: The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost

Review: Hand "Fun...Quick and Shivery"

Book review: The Hand of the Necromancer

Researching the Phoenix

We are interested in learning more about John Bellairs’s contributions to the Phoenix, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based weekly newspaper. It’s a long shot, we know, being almost 40 years after the fact, but that hasn’t stopped us before - and we've found answers before, too.

Here is what we know: