They’ve been disowned by their mean aunt and can’t return to the U.S. These are intelligent children who work their way through a foreign country searching for clues. Grace dies early in the book, but the text makes it clear she had a loving connection with Dan and Amy and was glad they were not evil schemers like her other relatives. They lie to and steal from Dan and Amy - and even threaten them with weapons and poison - in an effort to solve Grace Cahill’s mystery hunt. Various adult members of the Cahill family are fiercely competitive. She serves as an authority figure only in the sense that she can drive a car and get them through customs. Nellie is easily lured into their adventure and does whatever they ask. For a while, Dan and Amy are under the guardianship of a mean aunt who doesn’t like them and calls the authorities on them when they go against her wishes. Amy and Dan’s parents (of whom they speak fondly) are deceased.
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