Barnabas, Quentin and the Magic Potion

A friend of Caroline named Hazel is coming to spend the summer. She is going to work at her father's antique shop and Caroline will work with her. The guy running it is nasty as can be, though, and the other guy working there has a major problem with drinking.

Caroline finds some bottles that supposedly contain a serum for eternal life and it's not long before the nasty father and a drunk doctor decide to experiment with these, thinking they can make a huge amount of money.

Meanwhile the theater in town is run by a theater director who is interested in Barnabas being in his plays. Another guy is there, though, and Caroline suspects him of being Quentin.

There are some things that don't seem to match the other books I've read in the series (although I admittedly have not yet all of them.) Caroline is passionately in love with Barnabas. She discovers his secret in this book but that makes no different to her.

Anyhow, the nasty father gives Hazel the serum and it seems as if she dies. An aging female actress is also given the serum and things don't end up well. Then Caroline seems to see the ghost of Hazel. Caroline becomes the target of the mad father and drunk doctor but someone shows up to settle matters.

All in all it's a very interesting and good story in the series.

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