17. The Mansion of Secrets 1942The premise of this book is one of my favourites of the series. Kay finds a map in an Old Mansion that her cousin Bill is helping to sell. The map marks out treasure that has been hidden all over the old place.
Of course life wasn't meant to be easy so the map is stolen and Kay and friends need to beat an unknown thief to the treasure.
Kay uses her memory of the red X's for finding some of the hidden items.
Yes there were again coincidences as Kay opens a magazine at the library and spots who she thinks is the mystery thief in a magazine ad. That said the idea of the treasure map outweighed any of the non sluething aspects of the story.
The ending I thought was rushed in this story, especially since it was such an enjoyable read. I would of liked to have seen Kay and co. go around the mansion and see what they pulled from each X spot on the map, or at least a list at the end of the book of what they found overall rather than the "many treasures" scenario.
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