With its black eyes, the creature looks at the four children, mysteriously wise, mysteriously alive...." What is the secret of the green cat? Why does it mean so much to the strange people who live next door? Why is the old baroness kept a prisoner there in the gloomy old mansion? Andy and his twin brother are having a hard time getting used to their new stepsisters. But on one thing the four of them agree: they are determined to find the mysterious china cat and learn its sinister secret
Author
Phyllis Ayame Whitney (1903 – 2008) was an American mystery writer. Rare for her genre, she wrote mysteries for both the juvenile and the adult markets, many of which feature exotic locations. A review in The New York Times once dubbed her "The Queen of the American Gothics". She was born in Japan to American parents and spent her early years in Asia. Whitney wrote more than seventy novels. In 1961, her book The Mystery of the Haunted Pool won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Juvenile novel, and she duplicated the honor in 1964, for The Mystery of the Hidden Hand. In 1988, the MWA gave her a Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement. Whitney died of pneumonia on February 8, 2008, aged 104.
