From the back of the book - "A thick wall of blackness surrounded her on all sides and Trixie felt as though she couldn't breathe. She could only stand there, listening for someone was coming quietly down the back stairs. Now he was pushing open the swinging door. The beam of a flashlight cut through the darkness and Trixie whirled around, stifling a scream..."
So, I made quick work of book 3 and enjoyed every minute of it. While I remembered the basics I'd forgotten most of the details so it was a lot of fun to read it. Trixie and Honey set out to explore an old run down, abandoned gate house on the Wheeler property and there (mostly thanks to Bobby) they find a large diamond in the dirt floor. Rather than hand it over to the adults or the police Honey and Trixie (well, mostly Trixie) decide that because of the circumstances that the diamond must be stolen and fairly recently too so they'd better try solving the mystery themselves. Despite wanting to keep it to themselves Jim soon discovers what's going on and then Mart and Brian arrive back from camp and soon all five of them have formed their own little club (the Bob-Whites of the Glen or B.W.G. for short), decided they're going to all earn money to fix up the gatehouse for a clubhouse AND they're all going to help try to figure out where the diamond came from and who originally stole it before losing it in the gatehouse. Is the thief the new, shrivelled, old gardener, could it be a passing tramp or is it the Wheelers new chauffeur who seems to be nice to everyone except Trixie who he's exceptionally rude to?
Along the ride the diamond disappears, only to reappear in the spot Honey had been hiding it (thanks to a trip around the Belden and Wheeler properties in Bobby's pocket) and ends up being sewn into a strawberry shaped pin cushion and hidden in Mrs Belden's sewing kit.
In the end Trixie puts everything together and solves the case just in time and ends up putting herself in a lot of danger and is rescued by Jim and Regan (the groom). Of course the others realise that Trixie's intuitions were right all along and they should have listened to her but then of course, they don't listen to her the next 30 books either lol.
Mart was as funny and cool as I remember him, I loved that he got so upset when the chauffeur was rude to Trixie. Regan was awesome, I can't believe he's only like 22, I remember thinking he was a lot older than that.
Something to note - this is the book that taught me how easy it is to forge a signature when you know no one is going to look at it too closely. Thanks to this book I believe that my high school had a lot of notes signed by my mum that weren't really LOL! Putting the things I learnt from Trixie to evil uses, I'm so bad!!
Next up... The Mysterious Visitor!!! One of my favourites, we get impostors, Di joins the Bob-Whites, the Robin (the red trailer from book two) makes an appearance, Mart and Trixie put their physical similarities to good use, Trixie gets kidnapped and it sets things up nicely for book 6 with the trip to Arizona. (also I think book 4 has the first appearance of Spider Webster? Maybe?) Anyway, I'll be back with more soon!!
Enjoying reading your blog. Bringing back alot of good memories. Been so many years since I read them. Finding myself having random Bob-White memories and while reading this thinking 'I remember that! OMG forgotten all about that' and various other random thoughts. Which book is it that the school says all non school related clubs must disband? Was heartbroken at the thought there would be no more B.W.G. Look forward to the next installment and believe a trip to the library is in my future.
ReplyDeleteI think that's the one with the stick figure code, maybe :)
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