The Secret of Helmersbruk Manor

<p>Eva Frantz is a Finnish author and journalist. She was already an award-winning writer of crime novels for grown-ups when she wrote her first book for children <i>The Mystery of Raspberry Hill</i> which won the Runeberg Junior Prize. She currently lives in a lovely yellow house in Esbo with a lovely husband and three mostly lovely children.<i> The Secret of Helmersbruk Manor</i> is her second spooky book for children published by Pushkin Press. <br>Elin Sandström (b. 1988) is a Swedish illustrator and graphic designer with an eye for the supernatural and ghostly.</p> <p>Twelve-year-old Flora Winter and her mother are off to the small seaside town of Helmersbruk for Christmas. When they arrive Flora soon discovers an abandoned mansion straight out of a fairytale. <br><br>But it's not just the manor that's mysterious - porcelain figures are appearing out of nowhere a strange boy in a green cap seeks her friendship and she hears eerie whispers in the night. <br><br>Flora is determined to unravel the secrets of Helmersbruk Manor - but as the clock ticks down to Christmas Flora must solve the mystery before time runs out</p> <p><P><b>An enchanting Christmas mystery with an illustrated chapter for each day of advent</b></p><br><p>Twelve-year-old Flora Winter and her mother are off to the small seaside town of Helmersbruk for Christmas. When they arrive Flora soon discovers an abandoned mansion straight out of a fairytale.</p><br><p>But it's not just the manor that's mysterious - porcelain figures are appearing out of nowhere a strange boy in a green cap seeks her friendship and she hears eerie whispers in the night.</p><br><p>Flora is determined to unravel the secrets of Helmersbruk Manor - but as the clock ticks down to Christmas Flora must solve the mystery before time runs out...</p></p>