num_pages: 157
description: Heiress Betty Ward is worried about her twin sister, who has eloped with Jeremy Frene. She follows them from Paris to the Frene estate at Collinwood -- but arrives too late!Her twin is dead, victim of a mysterious illness. Her body has been sealed in a crystal coffin and kept in a darkened room. Jeremy swears that because her ghost returns to the castle each night, he refuses to bury the coffin.Betty is convinced her sister's death was not a natural one. Jeremy's aunt opposed the marriage. Her ally against the couple seems to have been Quentin Collins a suspected werewolf.Betty turns to Barnabas Collins for help, despite the rumors that he is a vampire. But she does not realize that by doing so, she has placed herself in mortal danger...
language: English
title: Barnabas, Quentin and the Crystal Coffin
titlecomplete: Barnabas, Quentin and the Crystal Coffin (Dark Shadows, #19)
genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Gothic, Vampires, Horror
ratings_count: 69
series: Dark Shadows
publisher: Hermes House Publishers