Another in the adult Famous Five series, and this is the weakest entry I've read so far. Essentially, it's a set of short and fictional to the Five universe ghost stories.Each story is an obvious pastiche of more well known stories such as The Picture of Dorian Gray or even Alien. This spoof within a spoof could have worked, but for some poor characterisation and one note jokes. Only the not quite sure if true creepy meta-explanation for the Five's reappearance in this series of books worked for me.
Verdict: How do I pastiche thee? Let me count the ways...
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