Enright, Elizabeth

Portia Blake's wildest dreams have come true - her family is moving to Villa Caprice, the old mansion once owned by an eccentic millionairess and there's alot to explore there, if only they dare!.

A short story that evokes the true meaning of Christmas.

The four Melendy children are amazed by the three-story house with a turret on top and big airy rooms that they move to in the country.

The Melendy family moves to a house in the country where a secret room, a cupola, a stable, and a brook provide Mona, Rush, Randy, and Oliver with adventures far different from the city life to which they are accustomed.

Left alone when Rush, Mark, and Mona go away to boarding school, Randy and Oliver are lonely and bored until a mysterious letter brings the first of many clues to a mystery that takes all winter to solve.

The Melendy family moves to a house in the country where a secret room, a cupola, a stable, and a brook provide Mona, Rush, Randy, and Oliver with adventures far different from the city life to which they are accustomed.

A summer that promises to be eventful turns into something extra special when the four Melendy children become friends with the orphaned Mark Heron.

Left alone when Rush, Mark, and Mona go away to boarding school, Randy and Oliver are lonely and bored until a mysterious letter brings the first of many clues to a mystery that takes all winter to solve.

Portia and her cousin Julian discover summer adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.