The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn
About this ebook
When Miss Eells gives Anthony a job at the library, he thinks he'll just be dusting shelves and filing books. Instead, he discovers a hidden clue leading to the treasure of eccentric millionaire Alpheus Winterborn. Miss Eells thinks the clues are a practical jokes left by the odd, old Winterborn before he died. Then why do things start getting so scary so quickly? The closer they get to solving the mystery, the closer Winterborn's evil nephew Hugo Philpotts lurks in the shadows - waiting to snatch the treasure out of their hands.
About the author
John Bellairs (1938 - 1991)
John Bellairs was beloved as a master of gothic young adult novels and fantasies. His series about the adventures of Lewis Barnavelt and his Uncle Jonathan, which includes The House With A Clock In Its Walls, is a classic. He also wrote a series of novels featuring the character Johnny Dixon. Among the titles in that series were The Curse Of The Blue Figurine; The Mummy, The Will and The Crypt; The Spell Of The Sorcerer's Skull and others. His solo novel The Face In The Frost is also regarded as a fantasy classic. He was a prolific writer, publishing more than a dozen novels before his untimely death in 1991.