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This review may contain spoilers from previous books in the series.
Ruby Redfort is a thirteen year old code-breaker working for a secret agency. In the past few months, she has made many good friends at Spectrum, but now that it's clear that there is a double agent feeding information to the bad guys, everyone is under suspicion. Ruby is at case and needs to talk to someone, but who can she trust when no one trusts her?
This book is based in 1973, an era when there were no smartphones or Google. When Ruby needs to know something, she goes to her vast collections of books or her father's maps, which gives a different aspect to the story. It also has elements of fantasy and fancy gadgets like the Escape watch. Along with the detective vibes, it also has cool schoolgirl vibes. After all, Ruby is a secret agent and not even her parents know about Spectrum. She is a normal teenager having many friends at school and plenty of problems, which are described very well in this particular book. There's also stuff like being grounded and detention, but Ruby's a smart kid and knows how to get out of trouble. The addition of Baby Archie in this book was hilarious too. The language is easy to understand too. Only problem is that there are many spoilers from the rest of the books, so it would be great if you read the rest of the series first. To sum it up, this book is great for someone who wants a detective story with a few facts here and there.
PS- I think Enid Blyton fans will enjoy this.
Rating- 4.6/5
Saloni Porwal
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