Rereading 12: Monica Edwards part seven The Hoodwinkers (1962)

*sighs* It would be nice to have a story (like The White Riders or No Entry), where getting Jim Decks out of trouble is not the main theme. I’m with Meryon on how dishonest he is and get tired of Tamzin’s misplaced loyalty (which is supposed to be a great virtue in her). Their different views lead to the first real quarrel, until Tamzin is made remorseful after Meryon’s heroic saving of Hookey Galley’s life, which she knows he will never speak of. Continuity error here: in The Nightbird we’re told that innocent-looking Snowey Peplow will stop at nothing, yet here he’s described as having ‘a law-abiding nature’. The nefarious goings-on of Jim and Hookey are getting tiresome by now and from this book onwards, I tire of Tamzin’s perfection and Meryon’s possessive attitude to her.
(  Dolphin Summer (1963) )