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Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Peters (writing as Barbara Michaels) was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grandmaster at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986, Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar® Awards in 1998, and given The Lifetime Achievement Award at Malice Domestic in 2003. She lives in an historic farmhouse in western Maryland. Klappentext Ada and Harriet don't know what to expect when they meet their new guardian, Mr. Wolfson. Here is a strangely magnetic, darkly amusing man confined to a wheelchair and flanked by a pair of fierce, dangerous dogs—an enigmatic benefactor, at once welcoming and intimidating. Even more unsettling to the girls are Wolfson's two sons, Julian and Francis. One of them is warm and good-natured, the other is pure malevolence. But young Harriet is about to discover a frightening truth: that evil runs rampant throughout their mysterious new home, Abbey Manor, and the surrounding moors—especially when the moon comes out . . . Zusammenfassung Ada and Harriet don't know what to expect when they meet their new guardian! Mr. Wolfson. Here is a strangely magnetic! darkly amusing man confined to a wheelchair and flanked by a pair of fierce! dangerous dogs—an enigmatic benefactor! at once welcoming and intimidating. Even more unsettling to the girls are Wolfson's two sons! Julian and Francis. One of them is warm and good-natured! the other is pure malevolence. But young Harriet is about to discover a frightening truth: that evil runs rampant throughout their mysterious new home! Abbey Manor! and the surrounding moors—especially when the moon comes out . . .
