This was the second Nancy Drew my daughter let me borrow. It also had an old person on the cover, which made me a bit wary after the last one. In case you don't remember, poor Mr. Sidney turned 100 then immediately died in The Sign of the Twisted Candles. It was a bummer Nancy Drew, and I wasn't a fan.
In this installment, Nancy is on the trail of a few different things. A hurt pigeon, a released convict out for revenge, a missing old woman, a mysterious houseman and a ring of blue fire. There might be some other things in there, but they all relate back to those main issues.
Nancy gets herself into some real danger in this book, and I was here for it. Normally, she's pretty soft on the danger, and I get more tension in a Hardy Boys book, but I feel like Nancy pulled her weight this time. I will say that I never understood why the criminals bothered to destroy Nancy's flower arrangement. That seemed petty and a waste of time.
After the disappointment of Asa Sidney's death in the last book, I was glad to find a spicy, spry old lady ready to fight. This Nancy Drew was more on par with what I was used to, and I liked the little ad at the end for the next one in the series. I did roll my eyes a bit when her dad just bought her a new car out of the blue. I think hers had a dent or something. Oh, the horrors! Anyway, this gets a Good Book! review from me. Long live Mary Eldridge!
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