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A review by gerd_d
Danger at the Drawbridge by Mildred A. Wirt
3.0
My second Penny Parker mystery, and a whole lot more enjoyable than the first I read (number 16 in the Series: [book:Swamp Island|6509041], after which I wasn't all that sure I should continue with it).
The way the story unfolds itself is down to the solution remarkable similar, which makes me suspect that the books may have followed a certain repeated formula. However, Penny is a much more active character in this installment, doing her own work and not letting herself be put in place by the men. There's a lot of humour in the exchange between her and her father and the solution to the mystery does have its twist and turns.
Dated and written for a much younger audience, it's still a good read for a bit of a diversion.
The way the story unfolds itself is down to the solution remarkable similar, which makes me suspect that the books may have followed a certain repeated formula. However, Penny is a much more active character in this installment, doing her own work and not letting herself be put in place by the men. There's a lot of humour in the exchange between her and her father and the solution to the mystery does have its twist and turns.
Dated and written for a much younger audience, it's still a good read for a bit of a diversion.