A review by isabellejohnston
Trixie Belden and the Happy Valley Mystery by Kathryn Kenny

4.0

Just like all other Trixie Belden books, The Happy Valley Mystery was suspenseful and cleverly written. I love this series because it's right in the middle of "too confusing to understand" and "so easy that I could figure it out myself." I think this book is more realistic because normally, Trixie and Honey find a clue or two their first day on the job. Whereas in this book it took them a whole week to find something. In this book I really found Trixie annoying. All she wanted to do was solve the mystery and that is good ambition but not when you're on vacation! At least I was able to relate to Mart who also noticed this fact in the book. If you have read this series before, then you will like this one. Also, if you haven't read this series before this is a great place to start. Though it is number nine in the series, it actually gives some background information about Trixie and Honey's success as detectives. This isn't the type of serried that you have to go in order. You can jump in anywhere and understand what's going on. There is a part in the book that takes up a couple of chapters that are really suspenseful. If you're into that, I rally suggest this book!