Nancy Parker's Spooky Speculations
Maidservants, Mystery, and Murder! Everyone's favourite housemaid-detective is back! Now Nancy has a new job working at Oxcoombe Grange. It's great except for one thing - Nancy is convinced the house is haunted! Ella Otter, now a reluctant pupil at nearby Seabourne Grammar School for Girls, demands a scientific investigation. Together, Nancy and Ella set out to do some spooky snooping, and to uncover the mysteries of the Grange's cellars. But in doing so they make a
few enemies, discover a few surprising secrets, and put themselves into a little more danger than they were bargaining for . . . A funny and energetic middle-grade mystery, narrated part in the third person and part through Nancy's illustrated journal. Perfect for fans of Murder Most Unladylike and
The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow.
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- 1 A New Chapter
- 2 The Word of the Day
- 3 Oxcoombe Grange
- 4 ’You’ve got to Expect Noises’
- 5 A Bit Like Noah’s Ark
- 6 In a Scientific Way
- 7 Something Wrong
- 8 A Funny Lot
- 9 I Intend to Keep Notes
- 10 Anything you need in a Book
- 11 In the Middle of the Night
- 12 Like a Ghost Myself
- 13 Truculent Child
- 14 Getting Organized
- 15 Hiding from the Bogeyman
- 16 The Shanto Boys
- 17 Good Hunting
- 18 Just like Goldilocks
- 19 As Good as a Mouldy Cabbage
- 20 Shantos Everywhere
- 21 Trustworthy
- 22 Footsteps
- 23 Miss Dearing gets a Letter
- 24 Questions from Lady Pouncey
- 25 Being Discreet
- 26 For the Right Motives
- 27 Dawn Vigil
- 28 Half-Holiday
- 29 Logical Explanation No. 1
- 30 Ogscome
- 31 Standoffish
- 32 Most Talkative
- 33 Apparition
- 34 Girls & Education
- 35 Donkeys Out!
- 36 Dangerous Driving
- 37 Canine Powers
- 38 Down Below
- 39 Even Spookier
- 40 Fair Play
- 41 Suspicious
- 42 Line of Inquiry
- 43 Backstairs Research
- 44 Madame Arcana
- 45 A Single Light
- 46 Desperate Types
- 47 A Sort-of Plan
- 48 Admiring the View
- 49 Miss Dearing goes Motoring
- 50 Eggs & Bacon
- 51 my Discovery
- 52 Escaped
- 53 Where it Leads
- 54 The Evidence
- 55 Lying in Wait
- 56 Low Tide
- 57 First Aid
- 58 The Cave
- 59 Surveying the Ruins
- 60 Mad Panic
- 61 Miss Dearings Idea
- 62 A Blind Eye
- 63 The Grey Lady
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
