What do the ghostly inhabitants of an ancient house, the Scandinavian gods and two elderly ladies have in common? About the same as a cat, a hat and a piece of rope. Joanne Harris gave each of them a special role in her stories. She put them together into a clever puzzle, where even an unnoticeable detail easily disrupts the overall pattern. Thus, on the World Wide Web, a dangerous trap game can turn into a meeting place for lovers, and a Christmas holiday can turn into a corridor between the real world and the world of memories. The main thing is to remember that in all the worlds created by Joanne Harris, there is no place for predictability and every story, like a box with a secret, is not without a double bottom.