"Are you two scared of spooky houses?" are the opening words of TIGGIE. Are you, dear reader, scared of spooky houses? Don't worry! You're safe enough, in your favourite chair with a copy of TIGGIE in trembling hands, but when the thirteen-year-old friends, London girls, Lucy Barrett and Helen Bartlett, enter an old house, helping an antiques dealer, Patsy, collect her purchases, there is an evil presence awaiting them. When Lucy picks up an old copy of Beatrix Potter's MRS. TIGGYWINKLE, the trap is sprung with tragic consequences.