The Castle Crime

Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 8, 2015

Review

This is the first A to Z mystery that I have ever read, so I am not sure if the main characters have populated the first A to Z mystery books, but they seem to be recurring characters in this second set of "Super Edition" mysteries. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are in London with Dink's father, who is attending a conference and chose to bring three children along. The three kids from Connecticut enjoy visiting Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London and it is here that they learn that the Queen's jewels have been stolen, and by thieves dressed up as her grandsons. Author Ron Roy writes that he learned that the Queen often drives herself to Windsor Castle so he thought, "what would happen if she were robbed while in her car, alone and unarmed." This is that story and it works pretty well. The action moves along. The perpetrators of the crime were not completely obvious, but the mystery was well crafted and it all made sense in the end. An easy book to recommend to young mystery fans.

Overall Book Score: good