Spirited tale of lively ghosts

This new humorous adventure novel from award winning author Eva Ibbotson is a light, down-it-in-one-go read.

The jolly japes of The Beasts Of Clawstone Castle start when two spirited youngsters are sent off by their parents to holiday with a pair of weird relatives in their even weirder mansion.

It's a promising start to a story which envelops a mystery and is told with great comedic gusto.

Gloomy Clawstone Castle is an ancient, rundown edifice in the middle of nowhere. Its two elderly owners barley manage to keep the place going by opening it to tourists, but few people want to pay good money to see a boring old ruin.

Enter young Rollo and Madlyn who come to stay with their old Uncle George and incompetent Aunt Emily. The youngsters come up with a plan to save the castle from disaster.

Madlyn and Rollo round up a motley crew of ghosts who jump at the idea of turning Clawstone into a genuine haunted castle. Before you can say 'ghostbusters', droves of tourists are flocking to Clawstone Castle to get a glimpse of its promised horrors.