*spoiler warning!*

A fire that completely destroys a house, a sabotaged boat, and a spider bite, all within the first 32 pages! Now *that* is how a book should start, get you hooked early on. (I've read way too many slow books lately. This book was much better about that.)

It was obvious fairly early on that there were seperate mysteries going on, that not all of the sabatoging and stuff was being done by the same person. And the details and focus on Abe Lincoln history did not make sense without something that tied it to the mystery, so it was fairly obvious that the treasure must be something tied to Lincoln. I guessed fairly early on who the culprit was, but the mystery and clues and twists weren't spoiled at all by figuring it out early. I was a little disappointed that we never really found out why Sassy's whole family acted so strange and secretive, though. ( )