If I explain more I'll spoil it, but I so wish it had been a little different. Climax isn't the greatest, not as good as "Ghosts" but getting there is a lot of fun. I don't mean that as a slur, but when my son was in his Percy phase a few years ago this would have been too slow for him since a lot of the plot is interpersonal or even just in the main character's head. Sure there's suspense and some action scenes, but this is not the one punch after another of Percy Jackson. Another warning - this is not an "action" novel. You'll be confused without reading her other Greenglass House books first. Legendary smugglers, suspicious teachers, and some scary bad guys are just a few of the adults the crew must circumvent while discovering hidden truths about their families and themselves in this smart, richly imagined tale. But will they beat the deadline for a ransom that's impossible to pay? She assembles a group of kid detectives with special skills - including the ghost of a ship captain's daughter - and together, they explore hidden passageways, navigate architecture that changes overnight, and try to unravel the puzzle of who the kidnappers are - and where they're hiding. Nothing, that is, until Marzana's parents are recruited to help solve an odd crime, and she realizes that this could be the excitement she's been waiting for. Even though they live in a notorious city where normal rules do not apply, nothing interesting ever happens to them. Ghosts, a kidnapping, a crew of young detectives, and family secrets mix in this new stand-alone mystery set in the world of the best-selling Greenglass House, from a National Book Award nominee and Edgar Award-winning author.
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