In this sequel to John Bellairs' Lewis Barnavelt series, which began with the classic spellbinder The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Brad Strickland continues to write as if John Bellairs were guiding his hand from beyond the grave.
For fans of John Bellairs' earlier Barnavelt books, including his own sequels The Figure in the Shadows, and The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring, this and Strickland's earlier continuing books about Lewis Barnavelt are must reading. Unlike most authors who take on a franchised series, Strickland's writing is at least the equal of Bellairs' and promises to keep Lewis, Johnny Dixon, and (we hope) Anthony Monday fighting evil wizards for decades more.
(Brad Strickland has written a total of seven books in the Lewis Barnavelt series, all featuring a wonderful combination of 1950's coziness and hair-raising gothic mysteries, all of which begin in a comfortable Victorian town in Michigan.)
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