Goodly and Grave in A Bad Case of Kidnap

Goodly and Grave in A Bad Case of Kidnap
Justine Windsor

An archly funny, classic mystery adventure with a magic twist!Lucy Goodly is the new boot girl at Grave Hall, working for the cold, aloof Lord Grave. The other staff – Vonk the Butler, Mrs Crawley the cook and Violet the scullery maid – all seem friendly but Lucy soon notices that strange things are afoot in her new home – and not just Mrs Crawley’s experimental anchovy omelettes. There are moving statues, magical books and Lord Grave has a secret. Meanwhile, all over the country, children are vanishing. Could the mystery of the missing children be linked to the strange goings-on? Lucy is determined to find out…

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Version: 2017-02-07

For my parents, who read me stories.

And for Charlie, who said I should write my own.

Contents

Cover (#u39c539e5-ddae-5d09-9590-36186376910d)

Title Page (#ud6685429-4d3c-567a-b055-954580e30c58)

Copyright (#udfeb3047-0ebe-5bce-84b8-d4b256554e96)

Dedication (#u9162c528-e75f-5d80-8982-6a573b488d96)

Chapter One: A Game of Cards (#u9ee4cff7-2bfe-546e-bb9d-e9075110a5d3)

Chapter Two: Jumping Jack (#u203be691-8028-5e63-9d50-2f8cfdcc7107)

Chapter Three: Bathsheba (#u7e169366-6656-5dc9-843b-90fc14dbf0e4)

Chapter Four: Portrait of a Lady (#uf93c27d3-d69a-5ae6-aa82-5b4560924243)

Chapter Five: Hiding Behind a Rhinoceros (#u13bb6de6-f591-548b-9e0a-10a7181e648a)

Chapter Six: Everlasting Soup and Chicken-With-More-Body-Parts-Than-Might-Be-Reasonably-Expected (#ue5ce6dd1-4aad-552b-b355-6ad224e77f54)

Chapter Seven: Tickling Lord Grave’s Great-Grandmother’s Chins (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight: The Raven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine: The Library Without Books (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten: Tongue-Tied (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven: The Smell of a Spy (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve: Enough is Enough (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: The Eyes of Caruthers (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: Lucy’s Exploding Brain (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: Sniffed Out (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: Havoc Created (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: A Complete Disaster (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: Lady Red (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: New Friends and Old Friends (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: Spinning a Yarn (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One: The Tear Catcher (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Truth About Bertie (#litres_trial_promo)