PLAYING WITH FIRE (ND #26) (Nancy Drew Files Case #26)

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Summary: "Nancy goes to L.A. to investigate arson..."
Review: With the help of her two friends (Bess Marvin and George Fayne), Nancy Drew is on her way to Los Angeles to investigate "three cases of extortion and arson involving Napoleonic relics"--a mini portrait, a manuscript, and a gown appropriately referred to as the Flame. However, Nancy and her two sidekicks barely leave the airport before their lives are threatened when someone plants a bomb in Nancy's purse--and that's just the beginning.

Despite the cliffhangers at the end of the chapters and the relatively fast pace, "Playing With Fire" wasn't a very suspenseful or interesting book; but I suppose if you're a Nancy Drew fan and history buff, then you might like this 26th case. There are the usual shameful plugs of other cases from The Nancy Drew Files, like the previous one in "Rich and Dangerous" and #13: "Wings of Fear," as well as the customary case overview at the beginning of the book, which is useful since there are so many characters; it's hard to determine who's a suspect and who's not until the last few chapters--but possibly earlier on if you can differentiate between the characters.