Sparkle

A mysterious key, a secret place, a fascinating boy… When the mildly dysfunctional Buxford family takes a working vacation to renovate Great Aunt Dot's run-down mansion, the last thing twelve-year-old Brandy expects is a summer of adventure and intrigue. But that's just what she gets as she unravels a cold-case mystery with the begrudging assistance of ornery old Aunt Dot. What happened to the Buxford diamonds, which vanished when Aunt Dot was just a girl? Were they lost to theft like everybody thinks, or could they still be within reach, perhaps hidden somewhere in the rambling mansion? Brandy senses that Aunt Dot knows the truth, but the ravages of Alzheimer's disease have locked the memory away in a musty corner of her mind. While searching for the truth, Brandy stumbles onto a wondrous place that just might hold the key to solving the mystery. But something terrible happened there long ago—and when history decides to repeat itself, Brandy finds herself facing horrors that threaten her very life.