内容简介：
The Haunting of Briston Manor is the coming-of-age story of four boys surrounded by mystery and suspense. These boys build a friendship in spite of the differences in their personalities. Jason Martin, his brother and two friends discover a victim of the cursed mansion floating in the plantation's pond. They find themselves drawn to unlock its secrets. Their adolescent interest in the legend of the mansion takes them on an adventure of mystery, murder and a narrow escape. Over a hundred years after the suspicious suicide of Joshua Briston and the questionable disappearance of his wife, Elizabeth, the Martin family moves to Pine Harbor. Will Martin was an acclaimed detective for the Atlanta police department and takes the chief of police position in Pine Harbor. His two sons, Travis and Jason, befriend Tubbs Grogan, who piques the boys' interest about the mystery of the mansion. During a swim in Briston Pond the boys discover a dead body. Here the adventure begins. They recruit the help of Clayton Dorfman, the class brain, and enter the mansion with plans to solve the mystery of Briston Manor and the dead body in the pond. The boys quickly find themselves caught up in a world of murder and intrigue.