Reviews for Lady Margaret's Ghost: A Felicity Mystery (American Girl Mysteries Series)

The average rating for Lady Margaret's Ghost: A Felicity Mystery (American Girl Mysteries Series) based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-03-09 00:00:00 Patrick Hennessey Felicity Merriman has just bid farewell to her mother who has left on a trip. Soon after her mother leaves, a strange package arrived at the Merriman household. Inside are valuables of Lady Margaret, an ancestor of the Merrimans. Felicity finds inside a gorgeous silver hairbrush, a silver cup, and a baby rattle. Her father tells her the story of Lady Margaret ghost. How it was hard for her to have a child, how the child died and Lady Maragaret too soon after. Her last words were telling her husband she was sorry. People claimed to have seen her ghost, wandering through her home, finding a blanket to cover her baby. The story sends chills up Felicity's back. She cannot shake the story out of her mind. One day when planning a meal for her father, she needed the keys to the cupboard. But they were gone, so she asked her friend, Elizabeth Cole to help find them. When they got back, the keys were back! They were very puzzled, then they discovered something horrific. The precious silver heirlooms-were gone! Felicity has a line of suspects: Mrs. Hewitt, the bossy old woman who helped Felicity with her cooking. Dawson, a lad she met at the race grounds. Anne, a very curly red-headed girl she met while watching the race. Or perhaps...Lady Magaret's ghost?

Review # 2 was written on 2014-11-13 00:00:00 Marcquette Kinard A thoroughly enjoyable read. This is my first look at the Felicity story line. I will have to go to the library to find the other, original books. She's an interesting character living in a time and place that I love. She lives in Williamsburg, Virginia during the Revolutionary War. Mystery is one of my favorite genres - my parents would read The Hardy Boys to me at bedtime. This is not at the same level as a classic Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew mystery, but given the target reader age group it isn't bad. The plot finds Felicity in charge of the household while her mother and younger siblings area away. [Please remember that 11 year old girls in the 1700s held much more responsibility than those of today.] That portion of the plot took a secondary and supporting role to the main goal of what was happening at the house with things appearing and disappearing. Felicity tries to figure out what is going on and when her own thoughts get jumbled, she turns to her friend Elizabeth. There are a couple of red herrings. In the end, well...I don't like to give spoilers. As I mentioned before, this was a thoroughly enjoyable read. It is a good chapter book. I really liked it.