The Guggenheim Mystery

For my grandaughter - who is five - so the book will have to be held until she is a little older.

I am a huge fan of Robin Stevens so when I saw that she was asked to write the sequel to Siobhan Dowd's exquisite The London Eye Mystery, I was intrigued. Stevens beautifully paid homage to the characters' personalities from the first book and made a seamless transition to The Guggenheim Mystery. Great plotting and wonderful prose.Highly recommended!

i love a good mystery!!! this book kept me in suspense in the mid-section of the book. at first its a little boring, but when you get to chapter 10 of 55…then it gets REALLY good!!! and when i got to ch. ten, i just could not stop reading!!! like, i literally COULD NOT PUT THAT BOOK DOWN!!!!over all, if you like a good mystery here's a good book for you! KiNsAy LeWiS<3

This book is a children's mystery. The point-of-view hero is a 12-year-old boy, and he worked to solve the mystery along with his older sister and his cousin. He's well informed, very observant, and good at reasoning things out, but he has trouble dealing with new or unusual situations. He doesn't think or act quite like other kids. He had trouble coping with being in New York City when he normally lives in London.The kids asked questions in a reasonable way and looked at sources that might not have been obvious to everyone. They recorded what they discovered and eliminated suspects as best they could. The answer to whodunit and how was foreshadowed enough that it can be guessed, though it's not obvious.This book is the second book in a series, but you don't need to read the previous book to understand this one. This book did not spoil the mystery of the previous book. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd highly recommend this enjoyable story.I received an ebook review copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley.

This sequel to The London Eye Mystery brings us to the United States. Aunt Gloria and Salim are now living and working in New York City. Aunt Gloria is a curator at the Guggenheim and shortly after Ted, Kat, and their mother arrive for a visit, Kandinsky's In the Black Square painting is stolen. There ample suspects, but Aunt Gloria appears to have the means, motive, and opportunity. It's up to our trio of cousins to find the real thief and set Aunt Gloria free.This book picks up where The London Eye Mystery left off. The characters make references to the first book, and there is some evidence that the events of the first book are still with our characters, especially Aunt Gloria and Salim. I continue to like the way the characters are written, especially Ted. When the reader is able to go inside his head and understand his way of thinking everything he does and says makes sense. It seems like a perfect way to develop empathy in young readers. This book is written by Robin Stevens from Siobhan Dowd's notes. Ms. Stevens' characters stay true to Ms. Dowd's vision.I recommend this book to all middle grade mystery enthusiasts.

Ted, Kat and Salim solve their second mystery when Salim's mother is accused of stealing an important painting by Kandinsky from her new job at the Guggenheim Museum. Ted, Kat, and their mother are visiting in New York City which is a very stressful thing for Ted. Being autistic, he is better if he can stay in familiar surroundings. He is also concerned that people aren't staying the same. Kat and Salim seem to be communicating from London to New York and leaving him out. He's wondering if Salim is still his friend.Ted, Kat, Salim, his aunt and his mother are all visiting the Guggenheim Museum on a day when it isn't open and a new exhibition - the first one his Aunt Gloria is in charge of - when smoke fills the museum, the fire alarms go off, the fire department comes, and when the smoke clears it is discovered that the painting is missing. Being Ted, he knows to the minute when each person left the museum. That list of people helps the kids when they begin to try to figure out who is trying to frame his aunt for the theft.I liked the way Ted thinks and his unique viewpoint on events. I also liked that both Salim and Kat added their own viewpoints on the case. The pace was fast and the story was filled with action as the kids use their subway passes to travel all around New York City pursuing leads and eliminating suspects.I liked the Author's Note which explains how Robin Stevens came to write this book after the untimely death of Siobhan Dowd who first introduced these characters in THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY and who had contracted for, but not yet begun, the mystery with this title.

It's a risky business for a second writer to step into the shoes left when a previous author dies suddenly. Stevens succeeds quite well. Perhaps it helped that in this case, Dowd had only left a title for her next book. Stevens was free to develop the plot as she desired. Also, more than 10 years have passed since "The London Eye Mystery" was published. Most readers, like me, won't have read the first book recently, and while we have fond memories of the original, we may not closely remember details of style. But from what I do remember, the unique voice of Ted Sparks remains clear. He grows during the course of this second book, but it's still his unique way of seeing and processing the world that remains key to solving the mystery. I hope that Stevens will continue the series. The world needs more of Ted's detective skills. Highly recommended for Middle Grade readers. Review based on an ARC through Netgalley.

Robin Stevens is a marvel! She picks up Siobhan Dowd’s characters seamlessly in this follow-up book to The London Eye Mystery. I couldn’t believe this book hadn’t been written by the original author.The Guggenheim Mystery is slightly more complicated than its predecessor (might put some of the youngest readers off initially) but all of the clues are neatly laid out for the reader to be able to solve the case - although not so simple that many people would guess the correct solution.A hugely enjoyable read.

My 14 year old daughter LOVES mystery books , anything to do with mysteries even when she was little she was obsessed with Scooby doo and finding out who was behind the mask, moving away from my tangent , she read this book over the course of a few days, she told me it was a bit awkward to ease into at the start but half way through the second chapter she couldn't put it down, my daughter is seen as the type to not read ( the boys at her school tell her that, however I told her to take it as a compliment as it probably mean she's very pretty-which she is) but never the less she loves a good mystery book, and doesn't usually like lengthy books but she said that with this one she didn't care as she didn't want to put it down anyways, she said how it was clever how this is a different author to the author who made the first book but said how it linked quite well, overall she loved it and said she would definitely recommend ( I would say ages 9-14)!!

Delivery was fast on prime. Bought this for my nephew who doesn't like reading to encourage reading and it worked! My daughter adores these 2 books too. Love how the author is talking about autism without making it an issue to the young readers and how they all feel like detectives solving a mystery. Highly recommend.

A bit hard at first to follow the threads of all the characters and their part in the story but it comes together nicely towards the end.

Great book. My 10 year boy who doesn't read much loved it. Brilliant plot and pace, great characters and wonderful insight into Ted's world. You wouldn't know it was a different author to the London Eye Mystery. A shame there aren't more in the series.