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The Dark and Deadly Pool

Part of the Mary Elizabeth series

Liz enjoys her summer pool job at the glamorous Ridley Hotel. Until the night, a dark and lonely night, a ghasty shadow surges up from the pool. A face — eyes wide, mouth gaping — stares at Liz. A hand clutches at her sneaker. Then it, whatever it is, is gone.

But danger isn't. Strange things are happening at the hotel, and a shaken Liz wants to know why. But whoever is behind the trouble will stop at nothing — even murder — to get what he wants...

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"From the Paperback edition."

Genre
mysteryhorrorthriller
Themes
childhood
Setting
1980s
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
short · 192 pages

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