Eleven-year-old Amelia Fairwick is eagerly waiting for her widowed father to return from his business trip. But a letter arrives with shattering news - Papa has been lost in a terrible hotel fire. Now Amelia must leave her London home to live in America with a relative she has never met. Amelia thinks things can't get much worse when stern Cousin Charlotte travels with her on the voyage across the Atlantic. Amelia must stay alone in the cabin, talking to no one. But the day the ship arrives in New York City is worst of all. As Amelia waits on the pier for her trunk, Cousin Charlotte disappears! Edgar Award-winning author Barbara Brooks Wallace creates thrilling mysteries filled with authentic historical details. In Cousins in the Castle, she tells the suspenseful tale of a youngster plucked from a pampered existence and plunged into a dangerous world where villains plot beneath flickering gaslights. Steven Crossley's dramatic performance transports you from genteel Victorian London to the seamy slums of New York City.
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"This is a book I read when I was about 10 or 11 and it's a cute little story that I've never forgotten. I think I even read it twice because I liked it so much. Anyway, I just had to add it to my list of books. :) "
— Breeana (4 out of 5 stars)
" Really cute! And it was a relaxing, quick read (it is written on a 5th/6th grade level...). Witty, good writing, good plot that kept me guessing, and good characters. "
— Nancy, 11/30/2013" This is a book I read when I was about 10 or 11 and it's a cute little story that I've never forgotten. I think I even read it twice because I liked it so much. Anyway, I just had to add it to my list of books. :) "
— Breeana, 4/22/2012" This book had a lot of twists. <br/> "
— Annette, 10/31/2010Barbara Brooks Wallace is an award-winning
author of both Victorian mysteries and children’s books. Her work is often
compared to Lemony Snicket, Beverly Cleary, and Joan Lowery Nixon. A UCLA
graduate, she lives in a nice little house in Alexandria, Virginia, with her
husband.
Steven Crossley, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, has built a career on both sides of the Atlantic as an actor and audiobook narrator, for which he has won more than a dozen AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a nominee for the prestigious Audie Award. He is a member of the internationally renowned theater company Complicite and has appeared in numerous theater, television, film, and radio dramas.