Loved this one. The plot of this mystery sets it apart from some others. Nancy is investigating a rash of collectible book thefts. This really hits home since I'm a book collector myself. Plus it was a mystery who the book thief was from the list of possible suspects. Only found out toward the end. A quality story for sure. ( )

*spoiler warning*

A good book. Not can't-put-it-down, but better then some NDs I've read lately. And I admit I was stumped up until the very end, and then did the whole "ack, why didn't I realize that before!". I knew Bess's "love", Richard Munro, was too good to be true, which made me suspect him as the book thief. I even suspected Lori for awhile, just because of how often she seemed to be around when things went wrong. But when the real book thief was revealed, I couldn't believe I hadn't realized it before, it all made so much sense.

There is another reason I liked this book, though, and that's the subject matter. I learned *so much* about book collecting and restoration just by reading this Nancy Drew book. Things about rare books and collecting and ownership marks and how to spot a fake... Not exactly a book I'd think of reading to learn something like that. I loved reading about all of that. ( )