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This book is engagingly written in the first person, including extracts from Kitty's Ghost Blog. In an interview in the back of the book, Fiona Dunbar says that she intended to write a story similar to the Famous Five, incorporating places that she has visited on holiday; I feel she has succeeded to an extent, although Sam and Flossie aren't very involved in the mystery-solving, so to me it feels more like the Girl Detective books I read as a child - a younger Nancy Drew, maybe? I'd recommend this book to confident readers of 10+, and it is likely to appeal particularly to girls.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag. We also have a review of [[Kitty Slade: Fire and Roses by Fiona Dunbar]].
If you enjoy the mystery in this book, then you may like Eoin Colfer’s [[Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer|Half Moon Investigations]]. If you liked the supernatural aspects, then [[The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman]] may suit you. For more by Fiona Dunbar, try [[Tiger-Lily Gold (The Silk Sisters) by Fiona Dunbar|Tiger Lilies]] or [[Divine Freaks by Fiona Dunbar|Divine Freaks]], the first in the Kitty Slade series.
