This is a great installment in the Nancy Drew series. The book is well written, fast paced, with great atmosphere. The characters are interesting and the regulars are a delight. I love the interaction between Nancy, Bess, and George. A word to the other reviewers . . . Linda Rowe, if you don't like Nancy Drew then don't read them, I don't understand your motivation in trashing this book. And the reader from Il., if you find most Nancy Drews bad and predicatable you should read other things, maybe you are getting too old or just too big for your britches to enjoy a good old Nancy Drew Mystery!