Mystery of the Haunted Woods

by Joan Lowery Nixon

Kathy, Maureen, and their brother are feeling a little spooked as they approach the huge house in the clearing which appeared bleak and lonely, the place where they were to spend Thanksgiving. The girls were glad that their parents were with them. Suspicion heightens as they meet housekeeper, Neeta. Unfortunately, Aunt Julia becomes suddenly ill, and the children have to stay with Neeta who refuses to sleep in the house because she thinks they are surrounded by "evil spirits." Continue to read to see how this mystery unfolds.

144 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1967

About the author

Author of more than one hundred books, Joan Lowery Nixon is the only writer to have won four Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Juvenile Mysteries (and been nominated several other times) from the Mystery Writers of America. Creating contemporary teenage characters who have both a personal problem and a mystery to solve, Nixon captured the attention of legions of teenage readers since the publication of her first YA novel more than twenty years ago. In addition to mystery/suspense novels, she wrote nonfiction and fiction for children and middle graders, as well as several short stories. Nixon was the first person to write novels for teens about the orphan trains of the nineteenth century. She followed those with historical novels about Ellis Island and, more recently for younger readers, Colonial Williamsburg. Joan Lowery Nixon died on June 28, 2003—a great loss for all of us.