The Mystery of the Rammed Key

1st PART'S  PRELUDE

A kind of mist rises from one of the tombs.  A translucent ghost was photographed nearby.  Can Dr∙ Barton find a scientific explanation for the apparitions in the dark graveyard?

2nd PART'S PRELUDE

Two cameras were recording the same place at the same time.  The first captured a midnight ghoul, the second did not.  Why???  The research is complicated by a strange intruder in the Doctor's apartment!

3rd PART'S PRELUDE

Does an old key still attract gunfire and misfortune after a century?  Who and why would keep up a strange murderous tradition for so long?  How did the killer manage to infiltrate the secret chamber?

CHAPTER 1   OPENING

The cemetery closes every evening.  But someone is lurking in the shadows of the tree thicket.  Apparently he's not going to leave even after dark...

PAGE  30
Showing a Footless Child's Ghost Photo

Agent Hubert suspects Doctor Barton of being mistaken.  He must have taken two shots on one film.  That's apparently why there seem to be ghosts hovering near the tomb.  But the follow-up nighttime control experiment rules out any such mistake...

PAGE  109
Depicting the Toilet "Urger"

Candles, books, lanterns - you can find really anything in the ancient washroom on 5 Misty Road's 4th floor.  Bruno the third-grader has completely forgotten himself there.  However, lingering long-sitters can be scared away by the in-wall trumpet!

PAGE  216
Introducing the Key Ingrown in a Tree

The Old Town apartment building on Primavera Street looks like other older houses - quite ordinary.  But last month, there was a luminous phantom wandering around the cellars!  And now, third-grader Bruno discovers a key stuck in a tree in the adjacent yard...

PAGE  432
With Dr∙ Barton's Travel Loupe

A century ago, an elderly conspirator escaped with horror from his own house.  His spooky secret room was better walled up.  How could a mysterious sign have been added to its door?  After breaking down the barrier, Dr∙ Barton pulls out his proverbial magnifying glass...

PAGE  442
Detailing the Sign From the Secret Door

Doctor Barton has so far solved even mysteries whose very existence many claimed to be a plain impossibility.  How will he cope with the strange symbol that has appeared on the inaccessible door of a bricked-up, windowless chamber?

PAGE  516
Featuring the Feeding Meat Grinder

A third-grader Bruno is a picky eater.  Mam's cooking spoon doesn't help with the issue, nor does the timer or empty threats with a blender and funnel.  Until one day, when visiting Mrs∙ Estela, a mincer with head straps appears on the dining table...

PAGE  537
Visualizing the Watch Snatcher's Forearm

Doctor Barton needs to consult an encyclopaedia of horological curiosities to solve the suddenly emerged problem of a clock-stuck key.  Coincidentally, Grandma notices a picture of a marauding soldier whose war crimes she once experienced first-hand.

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Discussing the Forgotten Chest's Examination

The Boleks have now partly recovered from a tumultuous police investigation.  Why did the late grandfather say nothing to the family about the ancient chest and hide it with a stranger?  The emblem on its lid is said to be fascist; contact with it has strange effects...

CONTENTS
With Names of Book Parts & Chapters

There are three parts to the story of the ingrained key.  In the first book, we are introduced to several oddities - such as nighttime apparitions in a graveyard, a clicking African suitcase, or a key in a tree's trunk.  In the second book, these mysteries combine into an unsuspected action-packed whirlwind.  The trilogy ends with not only the scientific context cleared up - but also a goose-bumps-giving souvenir from the prehistoric beyond...!