A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she last left them lead Amy and her retarded sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago.
Twelve-year-old Amy finds an unusual dollhouse in the attic of her grandparents' house. Not only is the dollhouse an exact reproduction of her grandparents' home, but it is also filled with dolls who seem to represent her extended family--dolls that seem to have the ability to move about at will. Amy is soon convinced that the dolls are trying to tell her something and before too long she has uncovered a long-held family secret--that her grandparents were murdered and that her Aunt Claire's then-fiancee was considered a prime suspect in the crime. With the help of her younger sister, who although brain-damaged is very capable, Amy sets out to solve the mystery.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Juvenile Fiction
- Subgenre: Family / Multigenerational, Mysteries + Detective Stories, Short Stories, Family / Siblings, Social Issues / Special Needs, General, Toys + Dolls + Puppets
- Age: 9-12 years
- Publisher: Holiday House
- Pages: 149
- Language: English
- Format: hardcover
- Release Date: September 1, 1983
- Date Published: September 1, 1983
- Author: Betty Ren Wright