Böcker av Kenneth Ashton

A Mystery at Pinecroft Estate is the third book in the Merryweather Mystery Series written by Kenneth Ashton. As in his other two mysteries, ten-year-old Gale Merryweather is confronted with a problem of extreme world-wide importance. She must find a missing key. The key used to wind a magical music box that can be used to cure people who are deathly ill.Gale learns that to find the key, she must solve three riddles. Three riddles that will lead Gale on a dangerous path to a very uncertain and potentially deadly end.The audience for this book will be elementary and middle school educators, parents and students. A Mystery at Pinecroft Estate is sure to entertain and challenge readers of all ages.

Kenneth Ashton is a retired middle school teacher. He has spent thirty-five years as a classroom teacher with children ages eleven through thirteen. He holds a master's degree in education and became interested in mystery when he recognized the eagerness of his students to read this genre.In his new book, (A Ship Named Jenny), Gale Merryweather's luck is about to run out. Soon, she will become involved in the life story of a young girl that she has never met. A girl named Jenny.As in his first book, (Gale's Gold Ring), the author again uses a legend to enrich the story. The legend of the Witch of Wellfleet, originates from the life of Black Sam Bellamy, a pirate, and the story of the pirate ship, Whydah.Although his audience is primarily middle school aged children, this is a book that will appeal to anyone who enjoys reading a challenging and entertaining mystery.

Gale Merryweather is unlucky. Even her name spells trouble. G-a-l-e (like a violent winter storm), and she feels helpless because of her misfortunes. Until one day, the ride operator of the carousel at the park in Providence, Rhode Island, gives Gale the answer to all her problems. All she has to do is catch the gold ring. Catch the gold ring on the side post of the carousel, and any wish she might have is sure to come true. However, Gale's obsession with luck and the gold ring suddenly vanish when she soon encounters a mysterious friend, whose troubles appear to be much greater than hers. It seems that Autumn's father has died in a suspicious fire. Gale agrees to help her new friend, Autumn, find the two men who questioned Autumn's father shortly before the fire, and who Autumn believes may have set the fire after her father refused to help them. Autumn can only remember her father mentioning slavery and an underground railroad, the day after their meeting. Will Gale catch the elusive gold ring, and will she help her new friend solve the mystery of "The Legend of Lincoln's Lost Gold".