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The Stone, the Cipher, and the Shadows

John Bellairs's Johnny Dixon in a Mystery

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The Stone, the Cipher, and the Shadows

De: Brad Strickland
Narrado por: Johnny Heller
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A flu epidemic ushers in a plague of dark magic in this spooktastic mystery featuring teenage sleuth Johnny Dixon from The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost.

Though forty miles away, Duston Heights is not safe from the flu that’s raging through Boston. When Johnny Dixon’s grandmother falls ill, he’s sent to live with his neighbor to avoid infection. So many locals are getting sick that school is canceled for a week, and the reclusive Dr. Abram Ashburn comes out of retirement to make house calls.

After seeing a scary vision of his bedridden grandmother outside of a window, Johnny starts to feel on edge. Then he and his best friend find what looks to be a weird map of a cemetery in Dr. Ashburn’s house. One specific grave is marked with an “X,” the burial place of a woman who practiced witchcraft in the seventeenth century.

The townspeople recover from the flu, but they can’t escape the terrifying illusions and shadow people that now haunt them, unless Johnny and his friends find the key to unlock the secrets of the graveyard before a dreadful prophecy comes to pass …

©2022 Brad Strickland and the Estate of John Bellairs (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía Fantasía Ficción Misterio Misterio, Thriller y Suspenso Misterios y Detectives Paranormal y Supernatural Thrillers y Suspenso Emocionante Embrujado Mágico Detective Brujería Aterrador Boston
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It started a little slow but is still worthwhile. True to John Bellairs characters and story telling. Would consider hearing more from this author.

Highly recommend

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The story dragged and was not the best John Belarus/John Strickland story I’ve read

Reading was well done story not the best

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I've been a fan of the Johnny Dixon series since the early Bellairs days, and like many longtime readers, I think the magic of the books lies not just in the gothic mysteries, but in the trio of Johnny, Professor Childermass, and Fergie.

However, in the Strickland continuation of the series, Fergie is suddenly sharing his role with Sarah Channing, an original character that seems to take all the worst characteristics of Rose Rita from the Lewis Barnavelt series and ramps them up to eleven. Sarah, like Fergie, is written as a more grounded, cautious, skeptical counterpart to Johnny, but in practice, she feels like a replacement for a character who didn't need to be replaced, and she herself never earns her spot in the canon.

To be fair, Fergie does appear in the book--more so than in the earlier Strickland books--but his usual energy and sharp wit are muted, as though he’s been demoted to sidekick #2. The result is an awkward character imbalance: two friends serving the same narrative function, but only one feels authentic to the series. Sarah’s inclusion might have worked better if she had her own distinct role to play, but instead, she often fills the “responsible friend” slot in a way that pushes Fergie into the background.

It feels as though Strickland originally intended Sarah to replace Fergie altogether--a decision that didn’t sit well with readers--and this book is a sort of half-hearted correction, trying to bring Fergie back without fully restoring his importance. The result is frustrating: too much Sarah, not enough Fergie, and a trio dynamic that feels artificially forced rather than organically fun.

The plot itself has classic Bellairs elements—mystery, danger, and a dash of the supernatural—but the heart isn’t quite there. Fans of the original series may find themselves wondering: why fix what wasn’t broken? It's the 21st century and there is enough children's literature with strong, tomboyish female characters, including Rose Rita in the Barnavelt series. One didn't need to be shoehorned into this one.

Can't get into the Strickland books

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