The Secret of the Underground Room, John Bellairs
The Secret of the Underground Room, John Bellairs
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The Secret of the Underground Room

Author: John Bellairs

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 2 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/13/2022

Synopsis

A young hero and his professor friend set out to save a priest from a ghost, in this novel by the author of The House with a Clock in Its WallsAside from the eccentric Professor Childermass, young sleuth Johnny Dixon’s best friend may be Father Higgins, the kindly priest at the local church. When Higgins is transferred to the congregation in the tiny town of Rocks Village, Johnny and the professor are afraid they won’t see their old friend ever again. But they’ll be reuniting with Father Higgins sooner than they think—and the thing that brings them together will be positively out of this world.No sooner has Father Higgins moved than he begins seeing a ghost lurking around the church. The apparition is a young girl who never speaks, but has a habit of leaving cryptic notes around Higgins’s house. When Higgins disappears, Johnny and the professor follow his trail, embarking on a haunting quest that will lead them all the way to England.In The Secret of the Underground Room, this multimillion-selling, Edgar Award–winning author offers a good old-fashioned ghost story packed with adventure and suspense.

About John Bellairs

John Bellairs (1938–1991) was beloved as a master of Gothic young adult and fantasy novels. His stand-alone novel The Face in the Frost is regarded as a fantasy classic. He published more than twenty novels in the Anthony Monday, Johnny Dixon, and Lewis Barnavelt series.

About Johnny Heller

Johnny Heller, winner of numerous Earphones and Audie Awards, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013 and he has been named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on June 20, 2018

This book is the 8th in the Johnny Dixon series and it take Johnny over the pond to Bristol, England and the Isle of Lundy. Their good friend Father Higgins has been possessed by a powerful spirit. They have to find a way to break the spell. The Professor and Fergie work with Johnny to save the worl......more

Goodreads review by Andrija on March 17, 2013

John Bellairs books (especially the editions with covers and front pieces by Edward Gorey) fed my love of mystery and horror as a child. I tried reading 'normal' books like "The Pitcher with the Glass Arm" and other sports related fiction, it was an edition of The Mummy, The Will and the Crypt which......more

Goodreads review by Daisy on January 24, 2025

Ahh.. I’m sorry, John Bellairs.. This story was just too convoluted for me. My (approximate) summary… Father Higgins is kidnapped my a demon who pretends to be a priest in England to dig up his dead mom’s ashes to perform an evil ritual to bring back other demons from the dead. Johnny Dixon, Profess......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on March 23, 2020

It hurts my heart as I read this last full Johnny Dixon novel written by John Bellairs and wish, even more than usual, that I could sit down to a long lunch with Bellairs and pick his brain and get a feel for why he makes some of the decisions he does in his books. I love the fact that the bad guy g......more

Goodreads review by EA on April 29, 2015

Gruff and lovable Father Higgins is one of the better supporting characters in John Bellairs' many books. And in "The Secret of the Underground Room," the evil-battling priest slips into the spotlight in an intriguing ghost story. Though not Bellairs' best, it's a chilling and fast-paced thriller for......more

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