Chessmen of Doom
Johnny Dixon, Fergie and Professor Childermass comply with a strange will left by the Professor's brother, which requires them to spend the summer at a desolate estate where they encounter a madman bent on destroying the world.
More by John Bellairs
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Face in the Frost
The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring
Curse of the Blue Figurine
Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt
Secret of the Underground Room
The Figure in the Shadows
The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder
Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn
The Trolley to Yesterday
The Eyes of the Killer Robot
The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb
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