An above-average Files read. Pretty much anytime bratty newspaper journalist Brenda Carlton is featured in the story my interest increases incrementally. She is the perfect foil/adversary to Nancy. Love it. ( )

*spoilers!*

I definitely have mixed feelings about this book. The ending was great and very unexpected... I certainly never would've suspected the truth about Mrs. Keating.

However, it was a very slow plot. The back-cover and inside-summaries make it seem much more centered on Mrs. Keating then the actual book is... Roughly the first half of the book is Nancy following Brenda, focusing on Brenda, trying to figure out if there even is a mystery. ( )