A retired spy expects to lead a quiet life in a comfortable old castle... but the ghost of a former owner has other plans for him!

The Haunted Spy (1969)
Written and illustrated by Barbara Ninde Byfield
Read by: Sprocket Walker
The part of Zero the dog was played by: Ruby

"Tired of spying, a weary secret agent retires to a deserted castle--only to find another chilling mystery waiting to be solved."

About the author (from Wikipedia):
"Barbara Ninde Byfield was an American author and illustrator. She was born 28 March 1930 in Abilene, Texas and died 8 November 1988 in Leland, Michigan. She had her first book published in 1962, "The Eating in Bed Cook Book" that she also illustrated.
In 1967 she wrote and illustrated "The Glass Harmonica: A Lexicon of the Fantastical."
It was reprinted in 1973 as "The Book of Weird" as there was only a brief mention of the glass harmonica in the original work.

In 1969 she began writing and illustrating a series of books for young readers beginning with "The Haunted Spy" about a retired spy named Hannibel Stern who with his dog Zero retires to live in a castle on an island, making friends with a 400-year-old ghost Sir Roger de Rudisell (Byfield's mother's maiden name) who advises him.
The series continued with "The Haunted Churchbell" (1971), "The Haunted Ghost" (1973), and "The Haunted Tower in 1976."

About the author (from the back of this book):
"Barbara Ninde Byfield, artist, writer, culinary expert, and devotee of the occult world of sorcerers, vampires, ghouls, and gnomes, lives in a Greenwich Village lair, where late into the night her imaginative qull has turned out The Glass Harmonica, a lexicon of mythical creatures and medieveal chivalry, and "The Eating in Bed Cookbook."

Building a fountain in her garden on Christopher Street, keeping caterpillars off her Boston ivy, concocting recipes for a second cookbook, and bringing up two children occupy her time."

Music used:
"Here Come the Raindrops" by Reed Mathis
"Concept of Time" by Rhythmetic
"Help Refurbished Aftermath" by Rhythmetic
"Luck Witch" - Audio Hertz
"Slow Song" by Rhythmetic
"Eyes of Wonder" by Rhythmetic
"Bex" by Rhythmetic

Related books:
The Eating in Bed Cookbook (1962)
The Glass Harmonica: A Lexicon of the Fantastical (1967)
The Haunted Spy (1969)
The Haunted Churchbell (1971)
The Book of Weird (1973)
The Haunted Ghost (1973)
The Haunted Tower (1976)
Andrew and the Alchemist (1977)
The Man Who Made Gold (1980)
Smedley Hoover, His Day (1976)
Solemn High Murder (1975)
Forever Wilt Thou Die (1976)
A Harder Thing Than Triumph (1977)
A Parcel of Their Fortunes (1978)
Donald Hutter's Upright Hilda (1968)
Harvey Swados' The Mystery of the Haunted Mine (1971)
William H. Armstrong's Hadassah: Esther the Orphan Queen (1972)
Herb Caen's The Cable Car and the Dragon (1972)

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