Claire looked across the fields and saw a tall stone building. 'An oldcastle!' she said. 'I must go and see that before I go home again.'Aunt Min didn't look at the castle. 'It - it's not a nice place to visit,' shesaid. 'Genny Castle is dangerous.''Dangerous?' said Claire. 'Why?'When Claire's mother and father go away for Christmas, Claire goes tostay with her Aunt Min. Aunt Min lives in the village of Little Gennyand near it is an old castle. Claire is very interested in the castle andshe wants to know more about it. But the people in the village areafraid of Genny Castle and they won't talk to her about it. Accidentshappen there. People die . . .Aunt Min says she must stay away, but Claire knows she can't. She mustfind answers. And soon, she will. Because in the castle something iswaiting. And it knows her.John Escott writes books for students and young people. He was bornin a small country town in Somerset, in the south-west of England.Now he lives in Bournemouth, by the sea. He is married and hastwo children. When he is not writing, he likes walking and he playsmusic.He wrote The Ghost of Genny Castle after he saw a real old dark castle:Corfe Castle in Dorset, England. This is near his home town. CorfeCastle is nearly one thousand years old and people there tell a lot of 2stories about it.You can also read Detective Work and Money to Burn by John Escottin Penguin Readers.