I also liked the fact the the story is set at Christmastime. Pine are very busy with their inn and their unexpected guests, but not too busy to check on Milo and to do things with him and for him to make his Christmas special. I noticed, and enjoyed, the loving and involved adoptive parents. In fact, you can read about three unspoken rules that author Kate Milford breaks in her novel, to the betterment of the story IMHO, in Betsy Bird’s insightful review at A Fuse #8 Production Greenglass House is not your typical children’s mystery story. And without having read those reviews beforehand, I also thought of The Westing Game and of Christie’s The Mousetrap or other books where the cast is snowed in or otherwise isolated ( And Then There Were None). Milo is a blackjack, and Meddy is his scholiast.Īlmost every review I read of this little gem of a book compared it either to The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin’s Newbery winner and mystery classic, or to Agatha Christie. Plot: Milo and his friend Meddy attempt to solve the mystery of Greenglass House and its history by taking on roles as players in a role-playing game. Pine, Milo’s parents, and several mysterious, unexpected guests. Plenty of room for mystery, treasure-hunting, and clues.Ĭharacters: Milo Pine, the innkeepers’ adopted son, Mr.
There’s an attic full of treasures and junk, and the inn has outbuildings and a garage to explore, too. Each floor of the inn has a beautiful stained glass window, and the guest rooms also have greenglass windows and old-fashioned, but comfortable furniture. Setting: Wintertime, almost Christmas, in an old four-story smugglers’ inn at the top of Whilforber Hill near the village of Nagspeake.
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