num_pages: 130
description: Mystery is in Herculeah Jones’s blood. How could it not be, with a father on the police force and a mother who’s a private eye? So when Herculeah notices a man hanging around the "Dead Oaks" mansion, she can’t resist doing some investigating of her own. Legend has it the old estate was the site of a murder, and now it looks like there’s something even more nefarious going on. Can Herculeah crack the case before the mystery man closes in on her?
language: English
title: The Dark Stairs
titlecomplete: The Dark Stairs (Herculeah Jones Mysteries, #1)
genres: Middle Grade, Crime, Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Juvenile, Realistic Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 421
series: Herculeah Jones Mysteries
publisher: Puffin Books