I loveThe Westing Game, so when I had the chance to read another Raskin book, I seized it. Sadly, I found that MDoL(IMN) lacked a lot of the charm of The Westing Game, leaving instead merely a rather clever puzzle. However, it did occur to me that Raskin is a nearly perfect recommendation for reader...
Read with 8 year old daughter. This was a fun mystery, with more than a few things to explain. I especially enjoyed the "where are they now" ending. In some ways, there were too many characters. We were often interrupted in our reading, and finishing it tonight, I had to flip back many times to figu...