It's an interesting mystery set during the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. A baby is left on the doorstep of the boardinghouse run by Clara's family. The baby is a girl with her head shaved to disguise her as a boy. Soon, a woman in red is trying to get the baby back, while Clara struggles against her controlling mother to try to solve the mystery alongside an orphan boy she befriended. The action level gets a little unrealistic by the end, but it's not a bad tale overall.
I really enjoyed Danger at the Wild West Show. Rose, her older brother and their mother are members of a travelling Wild West show, which gets into some trouble when a man is shot during the show. Rose's brother is accused and she works to clear his name with help from the show owner's scholarly, city boy son and her Sioux friends.
This one was good because the action was all believable. Nothing seemed even a little unlikely. It would be easy enough to disguise a shooting during a Western show with all its gunshots and noise, and Rose is a trained trick-rider, so her horsemanship skills are completely plausible. I liked both Rose and Oliver a lot, so this is definitely one from this series that I'd recommend.
Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic is another good one and for the same reason: it's believable. Emily and her friend never do anything completely unrealistic. They eavesdrop, ask questions and use their brains to solve the mystery and save the day without any crazy heroics.
I liked all the characters in this one, too, even the spoiled upperclass ones. Oh, except Bitsy's mother. She's a bitch.
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