Ruby
Redfort: Blink and You Die by Lauren Child (Harper Collins Children’s
Books) HB RRP $19.99
ISBN
978000734285
Reviewed
by Karen Hendriks
Award-winning
English author Lauren Child has written the last book in her thrilling Ruby
Redfort series. Blink and You Die is
the sixth book in the fascinating world of super sleuth extraordinaire Ruby
Redfort.
Both
boys and girls who are into code-cracking puzzles, reading maps and who also love
a mystery to solve will find this book a perfect read. Readers enter the
fictional world of secret agent Ruby who lives as an ordinary child in an
ordinary world… until you look closer and scratch the surface. All is not what it seems. Readers from 8 to
14 years would enjoy entering a children’s world full of mystery and becoming a
secret agent.
The
Count is a dark figure who wants Ruby dead. He is always lurking in the
background shadows. You can feel he is
there but you can’t see him.
‘And one should
always, in the words of Mrs Digby:
Fear the wolf
that other wolves fear.’
Ruby
knows to trust no one at Spectrum the spy agency, but characters who offer love
and support surround her such as Mrs Digby the ever-faithful, rock-solid
housekeeper who comes to Ruby’s rescue. Then there is Clancy, her bestie who is
not a secret agent, but the most honest and reliable friend a girl could ask
for. Hitch is the house butler, but really like a bodyguard to Ruby and a
secret agent, too. He says, ‘Jeepers, kid relax a little. Anyone would think
you were about to meet with the Grim Reaper.’
Without
giving too much away, although there is evil around, Ruby is surrounded by
goodness, too. All is revealed at the
Eye Ball.
The
story is set in the 1970’s back in the day before iphones and Internet so it is
not as easy to source information. The
skills of note-taking and observation are crucial to solving the mysteries but
you need the skill set of a genius master code cracker. ENTER RUBY’S WORLD IF YOU DARE!
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