This book is about three children– two brothers and a sister and their dog George. While out walking one day they get caught in a rainstorm and seek shelter in an old abandoned house where three scientists used to live and which is rumoured to be haunted.

While they are in the house they discover some items which seem to link together and they end up solving the puzzle, giving them magical powers. The children meet the ghosts of the scientists who tell them about their work and also about a man who took their ideas and passed them off as his own. They agree to use their new powers to help the scientists bring the man to justice.

I was looking forward to reading this as it sounded from the blurb a little like a modern day Enid Blyton story full of mystery, magic and suspense. I have to say that I was fairly disappointed in the story itself for a few reasons. I found it rather odd that these three children who are all of different ages only spent time with each other and didn't seem to have any other friends outside of school.

Also the fact that it was quite repetitive slowed the story down as well. There were also other scenes in the book such as the ones in the house they break into which made no sense to me whatsoever.

The reason I loved Enid Blyton so much when I was younger was because the books were fairly short, kept to the point and at the end of every chapter she had a way of wording it so you just wanted to keep reading. I did not find that in this story, in fact I think it could have possibly been better if it were a lot shorter.

I would recommend this to very young readers who like adventure and mystery stories but I personally did not enjoy this as much as I thought I would.

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