Review: A Bit Of Scooby Doo
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2014
Light simplistic mystery with a distinct flavor of a Scooby Doo mystery or Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys etc.  Would be a good YA choice with the exception of one word would be suitable probably for 13 up.  If you like light formulaic stories you will probably be fine with this.  However, it would be a stretch to class it an adult cozy.There are a few editing errors and one basic plot error.  While the author did get a lot of things right she got one very basic thing very wrong.  Essentially the plot revolves around selling fake ivory.  She explains in the book about how it is now illegal to transport and sell ivory.  basically true but does not include items that can be proved to be antique ivory.  Additionally she has her counterfeiters making face ivory from plaster.  Just wont work. plaster is just to soft to pass off as ivory no matter how you treat it (ran a business that made and sold plaster statues for many years).  Even a rank amateur would be able to tell plaster from ivory.  Also several other reviewers pointed out she had her ghost sailing from England to Vermont an impossibility.  She actually said he landed in Virginia and then traveled to Vermont.  However if you just go with the story and forget the implausibility's it isn't bad but, it is fairly juvenile.  Which is why Scooby, Nancy or the Boys was used as a descriptor.So to sum up if you want something, light, quick to read, clean and with just a little mystery this probably will be ok.  Looking for more of  a plot and a more complex mystery probably want to keep looking.  The plus side if this is for your teen or YA there are seven in the series and at .99c won't cost you a lot for a little bit of entertainment.