Dana Girls #25 The Mystery of the Stone Tiger

In Dana Girls #25, The Mystery of the Stone Tiger, the Danas finally return to Oak Falls.  Glory be!  The girls learn that a black-robed ghost roams around Oak Falls at night.  Louise and Jean's friend, Elise Hilary, asks them to help solve a mystery at her family's museum.  The black-robed prowler has been seen there as well.  Soon after the girls arrive home, their own house is plagued by prowlers.

The cover art of this book is my favorite Dana Girls cover art.  I love the colors and how the scene glows.

This book features a disgusting smarmy man named Emil Gifford.  On page 15, Emil is described as "about thirty years of age, short, and boyish looking.  He wore triangular-shaped sideburns which, Louise thought, gave him a silly look."  Horrors!

On page 104, the Danas are warned that a "buried curse" has been placed on them.  It seems a bit counterproductive for the culprit to warn the girls about the buried curse, since (ahem) the girls might dig up the buried curse.  That is exactly what happens.

The girls learn that a buried curse is always placed near the dwelling of the intended victims.  The girls go outside and find a patch of earth that has been disturbed.  Jean digs into the area and finds two wax heads of herself and Louise.  The interior illustration depicts the scene as quite creepy, since the faces look exactly like Jean and Louise.

This is a good to very good book.  After so much travel, it was a pleasure to have a mystery return to Oak Falls.