title: Ancient Tombs and Spells: Three Cats, Mystery, Murder & Magic
author:  Gerry Strong 
description: Gerry Strong is author/illustrator is also author of the Pug Detective Charlotte Mystery, Adventure Series and other books. She has a background in art and design. "Books seemed a nice addition to my art. I want my books to educate as well as entertain." Currently, she enjoys writing and teaching yoga in the hills of San Diego County.
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  Take a peek at Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion!
  
  
  ## CHAPTER 2
  
  
  The eyes stared back at Iggy from the face of a white marble cat with the word
  HAPPINESS carved into its base. It stood beside two other stone cats. One
  titled WHIMSY and the other, WONDER. Iggy touched the cool stone of the third
  cat.
  
  
  “They look like you, Bricks!” he said.
  
  
  Bricks hissed and arched his back.
  
  
  Iggy laughed.
  
  
  “Don’t be scared!” he said. “They can’t hurt—”
  
  
  Iggy stopped short. A glimpse of something white caught his eye. A few feet
  behind the cats, a slab of vine-covered marble jutted from the forest floor.
  He stepped closer. Iggy reached through the vines and his fingers touched cold
  marble. His hand trembled as he pulled back the vines, revealing a weathered
  marble slab with faint letters: C. SHERBERT AND H. SHERBERT, 1918.
  
  
  Iggy gasped.
  
  
  “It’s a gravestone,” Iggy whispered.
  
  
  Another gravestone stood to the left. It seemed newer, its lettering unmelted
  by time and 