The red trailer mystery Book

I adored the Nancy Drew series when I was a preteen. I remember seeing the familiar yellow bindings everywhere while I was growing up. On the other hand, I'm not sure if I ever even heard of Trixie Belden until recently. And now I am hearing that this series is way better than my beloved Nancy Drew stories. So now I get to enjoy a second childhood as I share these books with our girls.

This is the second story in the series and I read it to our oldest (and our youngest listened in for the second half of the book) on my hubby's iPad. We are still new to ebooks, but so far we really like the format and we really enjoyed reading it together.

I loved that the black and white illustrations were part of the ebook format (I thought perhaps there'd just be text) and I thought the story was exciting and engaging. We only read a chapter or two each night, so it took us a long time to read the book, but it was worth it.

The story was entertaining, with lots of suspense and a little danger, but entirely in a wholesome, 1950s-kind of way. There are some dangerous characters and mature themes in the book, but on the whole, it's just an exciting story, filled with mysteries and suspense.

I was a bit surprised by the amount of freedom the girls had in the story (especially since Honey's parents were fearful that she would be kidnapped), but I love that the girls are able to figure out the mysteries on their own, similar to my beloved Nancy Drew tales. And it seems that there's always some adult keeping an eye on them (Regan in the first book and Mary Smith in this one.) We are looking forward to reading the next book in the series, The Gatehouse Mystery.