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The Lewis Barnavelt series is a set of juvenile mystery fiction novels starring the fictional American boy Lewis Barnavelt. The first three titles in the series were written by John Bellairs . Following his death in 1991, his estate commissioned Brad Strickland to write three more based on notes and manuscripts left by Bellairs.
John Anthony Bellairs (January 17, 1938 – March 8, 1991) [1] was an American author best known for his fantasy novel The Face in the Frost and many Gothic mystery novels for children featuring the characters Lewis Barnavelt, Rose Rita Pottinger, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Most of his books were illustrated by Edward Gorey. [2]
Lewis tries to win Tarby back by demonstrating how to raise the dead in the local cemetery on Halloween but in doing so unwittingly releases Selena Izard from her tomb. An escalating series of encounters with the sorceress' ghost builds to a final confrontation in the basement of Jonathan's house, where Lewis must summon up his courage and ...
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Lewis's publisher, Geoffrey Bles, allowed him to choose the illustrator for the novel and the Narnia series. Lewis chose Pauline Baynes, possibly on J. R. R. Tolkien's recommendation. In December 1949, Bles showed Lewis the first drawings for the novel, and Lewis sent Baynes a note congratulating her, particularly on the level of detail.
Note: This is for articles on novel series—which are a set or series of novels or books that should be read in order as is often the case in speculative fiction and all its subgenres. Can be thought of as one over-riding storyline, and is often without plot re-introduction, reiteration or reminder, save for cursory mention of past events.
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Lewis and Hathaway are working their way through a lengthy list of suspects when an ambitious journalist and friend of the cast (Shereen Martineau) is also killed. It turns out that a female professor ( Maureen Beattie ), whose ornate turreted house is a residence for her student actors, committed the murders to protect her career.