The Melendy family moves to a house in the country where a secret room, a cupola, a stable, and a brook provide Mona, Rush, Randy, and Oliver with adventures far different from the city life to which they are accustomed.

Spiderweb for Two

by Elizabeth Enright

Published October 1970
Left alone when Rush, Mark, and Mona go away to boarding school, Randy and Oliver are lonely and bored until a mysterious letter brings the first of many clues to a mystery that takes all winter to solve.

Then There Were Five

by Elizabeth Enright

Published December 1956
A summer that promises to be eventful turns into something extra special when the four Melendy children become friends with the orphaned Mark Heron.