housesitting

After taking an unusual apartment sitting job at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings, Jules Larsen discovers that the building is holding many secrets when a fellow housesitter disappears.

Jules Larsen takes an unusual apartment-sitting job at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's highest-profile and most mysterious buildings. Jules soon discovers that the building holds many secrets when a fellow housesitter disappears.

"Daffodil Turner has plans for a quiet summer before her freshman year at college, and luckily, she's found the job that can give her just that: house-sitting a mansion for a wealthy couple in town. . . But as the summer progresses and shadows lengthen, Daffodil comes to realize the house is more than it appears. The spacious home seems to close in on her, and as she takes the long road into town, she feels eyes on her the entire way, and something tugging her back. What Daffodil doesn't yet realize is that her job comes with a steep price. The house has a long-ago grudge it needs to settle . . . and Daffodil is the key to settling it"--Provided by publisher.

Rory and Felix are housesitting for the sinister science teacher Ms. Fleek, and she has given them a very specific list of duties, including making sure the basement door is locked--but when one day they find the door open and venture into the basement, what they find there convinces them that they never want to go to that house again.

I am not welcome. Somehow I know that. Something doesn t want me here. Whatever this is, it is saying to me in a voice that cannot be heard but only felt: Get out. Daffodil Franklin has plans for a quiet summer before her freshman year at college, and luckily, she s found the job that can give her just that: housesitting a mansion for a wealthy couple.

A sixteen-year-old boy arranges a housesitting job for the summer, but he starts acting strangely after his family moves in, and his sister begins to suspect they are not supposed to be there.

"No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Taken in by the splendor of her surroundings Jules accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind. She is drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid, who reminds her of the sister she lost eight years ago. Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems, that the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her and the next day she disappears. Can Jules discover the truth and escape before her temporary status becomes permanent?"--Adapted from jacket.

Collects two mysteries in which Hannah West investigates the stolen artwork of a neighbor and the cause of dead fish washing up on a shore near the set of a television show.

Collects two mysteries in which Hannah West investigates a dognapping and missing antiques.

Rory and Felix are housesitting for the sinister science teacher Ms. Fleek, and she has given them a very specific list of duties, including making sure the basement door is locked--but when one day they find the door open and venture into the basement, what they find there convinces them that they never want to go to that house again.