Simon's family has recently moved into his grandfather's old house and things have been weird. Simon has come down with a mysterious illness that comes and goes but leaves him exhausted and weak. One bright spot is the friendship he develops with an elderly neighbor who has a historic interest in mirrors. Simon starts to appreciate the mirrors, but one, an Egyptian mirror, seems particularly fascinating. This becomes even more so when the neighbor tells him of its history and starts to become paranoid about someone trying to steal it. When the neighbor dies and the mirror disappears things get even stranger with mysterious heirs showing up. What is this mirror and can they figure it out before it's too late.
In concept the book was pretty cool. But the "villain" was never developed enough, the ending and confrontation when it finally arrived was too little, too late, and too easy. Then his mysterious illness - which should have been tied more to the plot ending was just not.
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