2005 book 40

m.e. rabb's missing persons series
after reading a profile of rabb in this month's issue of bookslut, i was totally intrigued, and put some of my birthday amazon gift certificates toward obtaining these books. rabb was inspired by the nancy drew girl detective stories, only was more interested in the characters than in the mysteries they solved. so here there are mysteries, but the focus of the book is on two orphaned sisters who run away, assume new identities, and get involved w/ a local PI to help him find missing persons (hence the title). these books are totally adorable--they're narrated by the younger sister, who loves reading anything from jane austen to cosmo--and i laughed out loud while reading them--a lot (just ask my trivia team--i read the last volume tongiht before trivia started). i read all four books in one sitting, b/c they're not hard reads and they're a ton of fun. rabb does a really good job of writing witty, silly, sweet, and real characters, and i fell in love with all of them. if you need a nice fairly-light read about some teenage girls who occasionally have some drama but mostly get all their problems solved, then let me lend you these, b/c i want to lend them to someone so i can have someone to discuss them with!