While spending the summer in the country, a young girl falls in love with the neighbor's horse, but her attempts to befriend the mare are thwarted by mysterious events involving a crimson ghost-dog and the horse's "crazy" owner.
(from the back cover of the Scholastic edition ~ 1970)
Suddenly Janey awakes! The horrible noise fills the night..screaming, wailing! It's the fiery ghost that haunts the estate where old Mrs. Burley and her beautiful mare, Star, live.
Janey knows that if she ever wants to ride Star, she must solve this chilling mystery!
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.
