I really enjoyed reading "I, Spy - A Bletchley Park Mystery" by Rhian Tracey, and I feel certain that it will also appeal to its intended much younger readership. It reminded me a lot of the Enid Blyton stories which I loved as a child.
The nostalgic cover is lovely and brightly coloured, and is perfect for the era in which the novel is set, at the beginning of the second world war.
Robyn lives at Bletchley Park, where her father works in the garage. After leaving school she is assigned to help Mr Samuels, who looks after the carrier pigeons which played such an important role in delivering coded messages during the war. Robyn is convinced that someone at Bletchley Park is an undercover spy and, aided and abetted by her friends Mary and Ned, she is determined to find out what is going on. There are adventures galore, sometimes quite reckless, but always daring and exciting.
I thought the book was very descriptive and on the whole it was well written. There were a couple of grammatical errors which should have been spotted prior to publication, but I enjoyed it nevertheless and hope that there will be more books in the series.
The nostalgic cover is lovely and brightly coloured, and is perfect for the era in which the novel is set, at the beginning of the second world war.
Robyn lives at Bletchley Park, where her father works in the garage. After leaving school she is assigned to help Mr Samuels, who looks after the carrier pigeons which played such an important role in delivering coded messages during the war. Robyn is convinced that someone at Bletchley Park is an undercover spy and, aided and abetted by her friends Mary and Ned, she is determined to find out what is going on. There are adventures galore, sometimes quite reckless, but always daring and exciting.
I thought the book was very descriptive and on the whole it was well written. There were a couple of grammatical errors which should have been spotted prior to publication, but I enjoyed it nevertheless and hope that there will be more books in the series.