by Betsy Byars · Puffin · tapa dura · ISBN 9780670854875
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«The Dark Stairs» is the young adult mystery novel by Betsy Byars, published by Puffin in hardcover (144 pages, in English).
Herculeah Jones is the daughter of a private detective and, against her mother's opinion, decides to investigate a possible murder at the Dead Oaks estate. The adventure starts as a game, but soon the young woman senses she has gone too far and that the danger is real.
First installment of the Herculeah Jones Mystery series, originally published in 1994.
Aimed at readers aged 8 to 10 and at young fans of detective stories.
Betsy Byars was an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted... Mud Blossom (1991).
