Pretty much all the side characters are back – Tina, Lamar, Detective Jarvis, and the setting of the hotel. Mary Elizabeth is fun, and while the klutziness is kind of an annoyingly trope-ish way to give an otherwise perfect heroine some faults, she’s easily the most likably heroine we’ve had. This is a sequel to The Dark and Deadly pool, and all the wonderful characters are back. The bad news is that… it was kind of boring and I had a hard time getting into it. Well - the good news it’s much better than most of Nixon’s other novels. I was looking forward to this one because I remember this is one that I read quite a bit in my teen years. But nothing prepares her for the body she finds in Room 1927… Mary Elizabeth’s role is to discover the “body” in Room 1927, which is supposed to be haunted. Ages 12-up.Mary Elizabeth can’t wait for the weekend to begin at the Ridley Hotel, where a famous mystery writer and a troupe of actors are coming to enact a murder mystery for 150 amateur sleuths. But why his interest in Kristi? Add to that a mysterious connection between Mersons son (under an alias) and Kristis mother, and the ingredients are here to hook and hold readers until all is resolved at the finish. Merson, whom she visits while he recovers from the shooting, respects her plans, is a painter himself, and offers to send her to art school. She wants to be an artist, but her practical parents think its a foolish dream. As she delves into the mystery, Kristi uncovers facts that prompt her to start questioning her past. Her parents, both accountants, are concerned but preoccupied (its tax season) and too busy to play private eyeor to notice that their daughters on the case. As the novel opens, 16-year-old Kristi Evans and her parents are puzzled when police show up at the house to inform them that a wealthy man, Douglas Merson, has been shot, and has been keeping a secret file on Kristi. Edgar-winning author Nixon combines test tube babies, art dealers and forged masterpieces with the usual teen concerns like boyfriends and uncooperative parents to cook up her most recent fast-paced mystery.
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