Mystery of the Angry Idol — Phyllis A. Whitney

SUMMER OF SECRETS

Jan Pendleton thought visiting her grandmother for the summer would be quiet and dull. But that was before she met Neil, the good-looking boy who lived next door, and standoffish Patrick who owned a motor boat, and before she realized a dark-bearded stranger was hiding in the shrubbery, watching the house. Something very strange was going on -- something to do with the fearsome looking Chinese idol in great-grandmother Althea's room. Jan was determined to discover its secret -- but apparently someone else was trying to discover it too! The idol was stolen…!