While Precious didn't actually do a lot of detecting in this book, it didn't seem to matter much, because the story was so good and so sweet. It trulyWhile Precious didn't actually do a lot of detecting in this book, it didn't seem to matter much, because the story was so good and so sweet. It truly was the best novel in this children's series and I'm sad now that it's the last one McCall Smith wrote of this particular line of books. Really well done. Hats off to the author!!...more
I loved this book, but I am soooo upset by it at the same time! And I'll tell you why: because it's the very last book in the series that was ever wriI loved this book, but I am soooo upset by it at the same time! And I'll tell you why: because it's the very last book in the series that was ever written and we were left with a bunch of enticing, delicious cliffhangers that were never resolved. Oh, the humanity! I need to know what happens next and I won't get to find out considering this book series ended in the mid-1990's. How tragic. How perfectly tragic. Still, I don't regret reading the book or the series. It was great from the first word to the last haunting one. I miss books like this. The 90's was tops....more