Meg and the Disappearing Diamonds
/Meg and the Disappearing Diamonds by Holly Beth Walker (1967) Meg Duncan Series Book Number One—this is a short series (6 books) and they’re easy to find, so I thought I check one out. Also, relatively short and maybe for slightly younger readers (though kids should read what they want to!) and the most important thing, Meg has a Siamese cat named Thunder. Sure to be trouble! It’s another series about a kid whose mother is dead—I still haven’t found a good essay about why this was a trend—probably multiple reasons—one of which is that Nancy Drew’s mother is dead. Though, this mystery is more along the lines of Trixie Belden, younger kids, and Meg has a best friend, Kerry, who has a horse—but also an annoying little sister, Cissie, who reminded me of Trixie Belden’s annoying brat, little brother. Meg and Kerry are great, though, good friends, and Meg’s got an inspiring personality, very similar to Trixie. The mystery in this book is a bit weak, though, kind of stretched thin, and predictable. But that’s okay, there’s a couple of twists. Also, there is one truly weird character—I don’t want to give anything away—actually, I probably have, just by saying that. Anyway, this woman is a truly weird oddball—pretty much outside any kind of reality, or behavior a human being has—you could almost just stretch the story into sci-fi/fantasy/horror by eventually determining she’s a robot, or cyborg, or space alien, or witch. I’ll check out the next Meg book, sometime, which does have “witch” in the title!
5.14.25