Meg’s Uncle Hal is making one of his frequent visits from Washington DC, where he works as a museum curator and Meg is working as his assistant in taking photographs of the abandoned Hannigan House, a once-luxurious mansion whose owner recently died.Īmelia Hannigan was a noted local eccentric, kindly towards the village children, but shying away from the adults. I bring all this up because when last we met Meg Duncan and her BFF Kerry Carmody they had just solved a genuinely spooky mystery while on vacation in Maine with Meg’s dashing bachelor uncle this time around we return to suburban Hidden Springs, Virginia dealing with age-appropriate and mildly mysterious happenings.
#Gladys baker bond books series#
To add to the confusion, the series was re-ordered when it was released in paperback by Golden in the late 1970s, with volumes 3 and 5 flipped in the continuity (I use the word loosely). The Plot: “Holly Beth Walker” is a Whitman “house name” for an unknown number of ghostwriters- while Gladys Baker Bond has been identified as the author of the first book in the series, the other writers are unknown and the books sometimes vary wildly in terms of content and tone. While Julie Campbell’s Trixie Belden series is probably the only one of these that can be considered a certified classic, the others are, at least by reputation, satisfyingly solid efforts.Īgain this year, we’ll be looking at these series over the next few weeks, starting with tweenage suburban sleuth Meg Duncan.
#Gladys baker bond books tv#
Some of these were based on TV shows, some were based on celebrities having imaginary adventures and solving crimes (Annette Funicello! Patty Duke!), and some were original series about plucky eponymous girl-heroines solving mysteries, having adventures and learning valuable lessons: your Trixie Beldens, Ginny Gordons and Donna Parkers. Many years had passed since Kathleen Hannigan had died in a tragic accident, but her ghost was still said to haunt the old mansion…īackground: From the 1950s through the 1970s Whitman published a huge number of these squat, dust jacketless hard covers, separately targeting boys and girls.
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