Stairway to a secret.
By: Illus. by Genia.
Edition: [1st ed.
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1953
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
First sentence: It was growing dark, and across London, one by one, the lights were winking on.
Description: Kitten (Catharine Anne Carpenter) seventeen, pretty, just arrived in London for a year's visit with her godmother, Reina Harkness, a prominent English writer, meets Miss Harkness's charming young next door neighbor, Peter Finch. They meet by accident when Kitten, in a dense London fog, mistakes his dorway for Reina's and enters his house! He takes her home, they have tea, and when he has left, Reina confesses a frightening secret. Someone has been walking about in the upstairs drawing room, though she has thought herself along in the house all afternoon! The following day Kitten sees the prisms of the great chandelier hanging in the hall stairwell dancing for no apparent reason!

A frightening day comes when Kitten solves the mystery and thereby jeopardizes her own life. But all is not mystery. The reader sees lovely young Queen Elizabeth at a royal garden party; one discovers delightful things about Peter. 

An enchanting novel for young moderns.
Table of contents: label: 1
pagenum: 11
title: A Present for Mother; label: 2
pagenum: 19
title: Footsteps In An Empty House; label: 3
pagenum: 31
title: Neighbors; label: 4
pagenum: 40
title: Bus Ride; label: 5
pagenum: 51
title: Peter Thinks Quickly; label: 6
pagenum: 59
title: The Tinkling Chandelier; label: 7
pagenum: 70
title: Dark Alley In Soho; label: 8
pagenum: 80
title: The Shop In St. Christopher's Place; label: 9
pagenum: 88
title: Timothy And Jennifer; label: 10
pagenum: 99
title: A Close Call; label: 11
pagenum: 110
title: Crash In The Night; label: 12
pagenum: 119
title: Introductions; label: 13
pagenum: 131
title: A Spray of Diamonds; label: 14
pagenum: 144
title: A Disconcerting Glimpse; label: 15
pagenum: 153
title: Dangerous Knowledge; label: 16
pagenum: 165
title: The Watcher At The Window; label: 17
pagenum: 173
title: Trapped; label: 18
pagenum: 182
title: Struggle On the Stairs; label: 19
pagenum: 190
title: Rescue; label: 20
pagenum: 196
title: Surprises; label: 21
pagenum: 206
title: Why And Wherefore; label: 22
pagenum: 217
title: Two In A Garden