Download or read book The Dark Stairs written by Betsy Byars and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-03-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery is in Herculeah Jones’s blood. How could it not be, with a father on the police force and a mother who’s a private eye? So when Herculeah notices a man hanging around the "Dead Oaks" mansion, she can’t resist doing some investigating of her own. Legend has it the old estate was the site of a murder, and now it looks like there’s something even more nefarious going on. Can Herculeah crack the case before the mystery man closes in on her?