Casey McKee is a young fella spending the summer with his eccentric uncle, and encountering one mystery after another.
High Point: The book is great fun, and the illustrations by Clifford N. Geary are delightful.
Low Point: Many of the references are dated, but not enough to detract from the enjoyment.
Author: Electa Clark
Publication Date: 1955
Genre: Fiction
Project Gutenberg: Not available
LibriVox: Not available
Movie/TV Adaptation: None
Electa Clark’s The Dagger, The Fish and Casey McKee—besides having a great title—is simply an enjoyable read in which to bury yourself for a few hours. Casey is a young fella spending the summer with his eccentric uncle, and encountering one mystery after another.
His summer includes a burglary, a car chase, a kidnapping, a gunfight or two, secretive neighbors and all manner of mayhem that likely wasn’t typical in a small town during the summer of 1955. And it’s all great fun, made even more so with delightful illustrations by Clifford N. Geary—better known for his work with Robert A. Heinlein’s juvenile series.
My copy of the book is an old library copy stamped “Abilene High School Library.” And some unknown student in the 1950s used a fountain pen to mark the very last page: “Very good book!!”
Agreed!
