tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post657794555028554324..comments2024-03-21T21:37:03.772-05:00Comments on Series Books for Girls: Trixie Belden #31 Mystery at Maypenny's and #32 Mystery of the Whispering WitchJennifer Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-6187322740151461602020-03-19T00:45:50.994-05:002020-03-19T00:45:50.994-05:00#31-
First, let me say that I haven't read th...#31-<br /><br />First, let me say that I haven't read the latter entries in the series for some decades. Everytime I decide to reread the series, I've stopped around the late 20s (I don't know why). Well, this one I did not remember at all! I liked it, but yes, it isn't exactly a mystery until the end. I must say though that I was fooled. Well, partly. Of course, the two suspects are John Score and David Maypenny. At first I was thinking, well, Mr Maypenny's nephew won't be an actual crook, and they've had SO MANY imposters throughout the series, that the baddie has to be John Score. But then I thought, no usually the hippie/drifter character isn't a bad guy, so it must be David. Then I thought-let me stop playing process of elimination and use logic. Ok, I didn't think a real hippie would kill ducks, so it is probably not John. It has to either be David or somebody from the Pine Company. I don't think the villian will be some random employee introduced 5 pages before the end, so it must be that David is an imposter and is in the pay of the evil Pine company! (This is where I went wrong) I thought David was a crook, and probably not really the nephew, but I was sure he was with the Pine company somehow! It seems kind of random that a con man would kill the ducks without it being to the advantage of the business.<br /><br />Besides that, I could follow the mystery fairly well, and I thought the flow and pace was spot on. And hey, they even included every character for a change! *I guess Dan and Di are collecting their paycheques this time for being in the story!* I was sad that Di didn't have much to do, but I'd rather that than having her shoehorned in.<br /><br />#32-<br /><br />I knew the "haunting" was a ruse by crooks going in, so I read the book. (I don't read books dealing with the occult and mysticism). I know you have read the series, but it reminded me of the Three Investigators in that aspect. But I agree with you that it was darker than most with a girl being run out of her mind. I also did not like how some things were left open at the endSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08582845368766619225noreply@blogger.com