Do you dare enter Dr. Frankenstein's la-BOR-uh-tree?
A fearless quartet of
teen sleuths
, the Botanic Hill
detectives
, travel to Llanfair, a fictitious
Welsh
village in present-day
California
, to solve the mystery of the
Shocking Specter
. The
green-glowing apparition
reportedly roams the countryside, setting fire to buildings and meadows during the new moon. The occurrences began shortly after a motion picture stagehand Scotty Roberts's accidental death by electrocution in this case inspired by the filming of
Universal Pictures' 1931 classic horror movie
Frankenstein
. Supernatural? Coincidence? Or is criminal activity at work? And why, nearly a century later, has the Shocking Specter returned? Readers will enjoy learning about real-life horror film star
Boris Karloff,
author Mary Shelley, other key players in the movie's production
, and some
early Hollywood cinematic history
. Our fabulous four might need to kick some
monsters
to the curb to solve this
challenging mystery
!