Aside from how the black servant Mammy Cleo speaks in this book (a sign of the racial/stereotyped times back then), The Shadow in the Tower is a wonderful read filled with delightful narration, colorful wordplay, and a truly heartwarming story of a deformed hunchback girl named Josy Sykes who finds love and a sense of purpose when Jean and Louise Dana enter her life unexpectantly.

It's my favorite Dana Girls mystery so far. Granted I've only read two of them. But definitely plan to read much more of them. ( )

First edition.