Ghost Gables
By: by Mildred A. Wirt.
Edition: [1st edition]
Series: Mildred A. Wirt Mystery Stories
Publisher: Cupples & Leon Co.
Published: 1939
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Haunted houses -- Fiction.; Mystery and detective stories.
Genres: Juvenile mystery fiction
Description: When Lois McDonald sees that a stranger has moved into Ghost Gables, she immediately introduces herself.  Glenna Brockman has rented Ghost Gables with the intent of earning money by turning it into a rooming house for college girls.  Lois informs Glenna that the house is reputedly haunted and that it may be impossible to find boarders.  Glenna is discouraged, but Lois promises to help her fix up the house.

Lois is very inquisitive about the house's history and eagerly searches for clues.  A painting of a boy turned to face the wall, a locked bedroom, and scattered newspaper clippings provide mute clues.

Glenna finds boarders, but a nosey neighbor feeds them stories of the house being haunted, nearly driving the boarders away.  Lois and Glenna must discover the secret of the house's history before malicious gossip leaves Glenna with no boarders.