Kitty Hawk and theMystery of the Masterpieces is the fifth book in the exciting
young adult fiction book series Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency created
by Iain Reading.
Kitty is in Rome. With her trusty De
Havilland Beaver seaplane tied up at a small marina in a tiny fishing village
on the coast, Kitty, after so many adventures, finally meets again with Charlie.
After feasting on the best ravioli,
enjoying an authentic Italian dessert and an unfortunate encounter with a
wheelbarrow full of walnuts, Charlie and Kitty meet new friends. And before the
night is over, they make an astonishing discovery, that of a stolen Van Gogh
painting hiding in plain sight, or probably more.
This is another exciting installment in
the delightful Kitty Hawk book series. It features numbers stations,
decades-old cryptic radio broadcasts, unbreakable mathematical codes, decoding
pads, coded and hidden messages, and notes on a musical scale. Moreover, the
story takes the readers not only to the streets and alleys of the eternal city
of Rome but also to the historical city of Nuremberg, the former Nazi
Concentration Camp of Dachau and the breathtakingly beautiful old town of
Salzburg with references to the Cathedral of Light and the
famous classic musical film the Sound of Music.
As with the first four books, this
installment is filled with puzzles, riddles, mysteries, and of course, chasing
scenes. Though I find this particular book less suspenseful than the previous
one Kitty Hawk and the Tragedy of the RMS
Titanic, it is just as informative and as interesting.
Finally, while the most important part
of the book for me is, and always will be, the information imparted and
integrated in the story, my favorite is that part about Kitty and her
realization regarding the movie Sound of Music. I find it so
hilarious that I think I will never get over it, ever.
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