内容简介：
Charlie Fauxe was a normal fourteen-year-old boy until he finds out that his parents were brutally murdered in the study of the luxurious Fauxe Mansion. Mrs. Norris, Charlieas parentas lawyer, sends him to live with his fatheras brother, Count Frederick Fosco. Upon Charlieas arrival at Count Foscoas dark mansion, he finds that the count is an evil man with little neck. On the night of Charlieas arrival he starts to find strange signs, including a secret passageway that leads to a dark room. While living at Count Foscoas, Charlie befriends a servant, whose name is Philip. During Charlieas short stay at the countas, he discovers a plot of murder and finds out the darkest secret anyone could possibly imagine. In this short book alone are multiple murders, a dark secret, secret passageways, foul food, a vile villain, and the unmasking of a terrible murderer.