Strangers on a Train

Well, that was something that happened.

First of all, retcon-ing why Nancy and Co. didn't tell Alan they were there sleuthing into Becca demanding absolute secrecy didn't endear any of this to me. Then there was the bandying about of the term ‘red-herring'. Nancy's life is so mired in mystery, of course coincidences don't happen to her - they're all ‘red-herrings'.

Urgh.

Then, Nancy might be investigating a case, but she doesn't even know what the case is. Seriously, she's investigating her ‘red-herrings' and a solved robbery from the previous book - until one of her sort-of suspects asks her if she's investigating something, which turns out to be what the case was.

(But not the ‘red-herrings' because that was the real case we were investigating and Nancy is totally oblivious and not a very good sleuth with how long it took her to solve her case.)