Now it’s up to Darcy to rescue the Foster kids-and herself-from three ruthless kidnappers. But that wasn’t enough to prevent a baby-sitter’s worst nightmare from coming true. She did everything a good baby-sitter was supposed to do: she didn’t let the stranger claiming to be from the gas company into the house and she called the police when the burglar alarm went off in the middle of the afternoon. Willo Davis Roberts wrote many mystery and suspense novels for children during her long and illustrious career, including The Girl with the Silver Eyes, The View from the Cherry Tree, Twisted Summer, Megan’s Island, Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job, Hostage, Scared Stiff, The Kidnappers, and Caught Three of her children’s books won Edgar Awards, while others received great reviews and. But the pay was twice her usual rate, and the job was only for a few hours a day-surely an experienced baby-sitter like her could handle it.īut Darcy hadn’t counted on the mysterious things that started happening at the Fosters’ home after she took the job. “A solid adventure with more than a few spine-tingling moments” ( Booklist).įrom the moment she set eyes on the three Foster kids, Darcy knew being their baby-sitter would be no picnic. A bestselling classic mystery about a baby-sitter who is kidnapped along with the three kids she is watching from three-time Edgar Award–winning author Willo Davis Roberts.
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