When Mrs. Lowell, the Baby-sitters Club's newest client, shows a dislike for Claudia and refuses to hire her as a sitter, Kristy, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, Mallory, and Jessica decide to find out why.
Cliff Hardy is a Private investigator hired by Claudia Fleischman, beautiful, intelligent and rich. Claudia has just been charged with the murder of her husband. Cliff is soon deep in trouble with her, she drinks too much, smokes too much, is very lonely and soon business mixes with pleasure taking the relationship to the next level. Cliff's car is blown up and then one of his closest friends who was coming to meet cliff about the case is shot and killed.
In this seventh volume of the Vampire Chronicles, it is Lestat's friend and coeval Louis de Pointe du Lac who takes centre stage, tortured by the memory of the child vampire, Claudia, whom he loved and lost. Merrick must use black witchcraft to call up her ghost, however dangerous this may be.
Baby Sitters Club 26 - Claudia and the Sad Goodbye
Claudia has a sad good-bye to make. Claudia has a hard time dealing with her beloved grandmother's death and it isn't until she pours out all her emotions to her sister that she feels able to smile again.
Claudia's not worried when she hears her newest baby-sitting charge, Betsy Sobak, is a great practical joker. After all, how much harm can one little girl do? Plenty. Claudia breaks her leg as a result of one of Betsy's mean jokes... and now she's talking about quitting the club. "Baby-sitting," she says, "is just too dangerous." Kristy thinks Betsy needs to be taught a lesson. She also thinks the Baby-sitters are just the ones to do it. Watch out, Betsy Sobak! The joke war is on!
