I loved this. Robin has done an incredible job of continuing Siobhan's story without simply mimicking it. She's brought her own flair to the story, while adding even more depth to the brilliant characters of THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY. Ted has one of the most unique voices in fiction, and it's a pleasure to see the world through his eyes. I hope there are many more in this series.

I was a little reluctant to read this sequel to The London Eye Mystery for fear that a different author wouldn't be able to pull it off. But I am so glad that I gave it a shot. It was such a fun story, and Stevens captures the characters really well. If you enjoyed London Eye, then you will love this one as well. It's great fun from start to finish.

In The Guggenheim Mystery Kat and Ted Spark are back, after solving the mystery of their cousin Salim's disappearance in The London Eye Mystery. Now they are visiting him in NYC, where his mother has taken a job at the Guggenheim Museum. While the three are visiting the museum, a smoke bomb goes off and when the smoke clears, a Kandinsky painting is missing. Salim's mother is being framed for the crime and Ted is determined to clear her name. Ted, who is on the autism spectrum and has unusually keen observations skills and appreciation of patterns, enlists the help of Kat and Salim to solve the mystery. They use deductive reasoning to work through a list of suspects.Ted narrates their adventures using amusing meteorology metaphors and allusions to Homer's Odyssey. Well integrated clues help readers to solve the puzzle along with the characters in this engaging middle level mystery.

The characters from the London Eye Mystery are back and even though the author Siobhan Dowd died, Robin Stevens was able to take the characters and craft a really good mystery as well. In my work on the MSBA committee I don’t often read sequels but we always need more mysteries. As much as I enjoyed this I don’t think it can totally stand on its own - you really need to read London Eye to meet the characters.
That being said this was very good. Salim and his mom have moved to NYC and his mom works at the Guggenheim. Kat, Jack and his mom have gone to visit them. On their visit to the museum, during some reconstruction with the museum actually closed, smoke fills the museum and during the evacuation a painting is stolen. Based on initial evidence Salim’s mom is accused. It is up to the 3 children to find out what really happened.

Robin Stevens wrote this as the sequel to Siobhan Dowd’s lovely The London Eye Mystery, and her after-note about Dowd (who died in 2007) is a tear-jerker. I love Stevens (her Murder Most Unladylike series is a family favorite here), but she’s really channeling Dowd in this book, telling this story, just as the London Eye mystery is told, through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy with Asperger’s. This time, Ted and Kat travel to New York, where their cousin Salim has moved so his mom can work at the Guggenheim Museum there. When a smoke bomb goes off and a Kandinsky painting is stolen in the confusion, Salim’s mom is the chief suspect — and Ted teams up with Salim and Kat to clear her name. I really loved this — it’s maybe a little less suspenseful than The London Eye Mystery, but it’s a well-paced, interesting mystery that turns on Ted’s unique understanding of the world.

It's a risky business for a second writer to step into the shoes left when a previous author dies suddenly. Stevens succeeds quite well. Perhaps it helped that in this case, Dowd had only left a title for her next book. Stevens was free to develop the plot as she desired. Also, more than 10 years have passed since "The London Eye Mystery" was published. Most readers, like me, won't have read the first book recently, and while we have fond memories of the original, we may not closely remember details of style. But from what I do remember, the unique voice of Ted Sparks remains clear. He grows during the course of this second book, but it's still his unique way of seeing and processing the world that remains key to solving the mystery. I hope that Stevens will continue the series. The world needs more of Ted's detective skills. Highly recommended for Middle Grade readers. Review based on an ARC through Netgalley.

I hadn't read The London Eye which introduced us to Ted, an observant, autistic tween and his big sister Kat and their cousin Salim. Aunt Gloria, Salim's mother, recently started as curator at the Guggenheim Museum on E89th St and Fifth Avenue in NYC. Ted, Kat and their mother visited Aunt Gloria and Salim just as Aunt Gloria was setting up her first exhibition at the Guggenheim. The museum was closed while the exhibit was being set up, so there were a limited number of people when Ted and family visited and when an unlikely theft of a famous Kandinsky occurred.

Aunt Gloria is the main suspect and it will take all of Ted's abilities and the joint efforts of the three cousins to find a trail of clues and uncover the true culprit. The Guggenheim Mystery is told from the point of view of young autistic Ted - with considerable humor and sympathy. Overall, a fun read!

Ted, Kat and Salim solve their second mystery when Salim's mother is accused of stealing an important painting by Kandinsky from her new job at the Guggenheim Museum. Ted, Kat, and their mother are visiting in New York City which is a very stressful thing for Ted. Being autistic, he is better if he can stay in familiar surroundings. He is also concerned that people aren't staying the same. Kat and Salim seem to be communicating from London to New York and leaving him out. He's wondering if Salim is still his friend.

Ted, Kat, Salim, his aunt and his mother are all visiting the Guggenheim Museum on a day when it isn't open and a new exhibition - the first one his Aunt Gloria is in charge of - when smoke fills the museum, the fire alarms go off, the fire department comes, and when the smoke clears it is discovered that the painting is missing. Being Ted, he knows to the minute when each person left the museum. That list of people helps the kids when they begin to try to figure out who is trying to frame his aunt for the theft.

I liked the way Ted thinks and his unique viewpoint on events. I also liked that both Salim and Kat added their own viewpoints on the case. The pace was fast and the story was filled with action as the kids use their subway passes to travel all around New York City pursuing leads and eliminating suspects.

I liked the Author's Note which explains how Robin Stevens came to write this book after the untimely death of Siobhan Dowd who first introduced these characters in THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY and who had contracted for, but not yet begun, the mystery with this title.

This sequel to The London Eye Mystery brings us to the United States. Aunt Gloria and Salim are now living and working in New York City. Aunt Gloria is a curator at the Guggenheim and shortly after Ted, Kat, and their mother arrive for a visit, Kandinsky's In the Black Square painting is stolen. There ample suspects, but Aunt Gloria appears to have the means, motive, and opportunity. It's up to our trio of cousins to find the real thief and set Aunt Gloria free.

This book picks up where The London Eye Mystery left off. The characters make references to the first book, and there is some evidence that the events of the first book are still with our characters, especially Aunt Gloria and Salim. I continue to like the way the characters are written, especially Ted. When the reader is able to go inside his head and understand his way of thinking everything he does and says makes sense. It seems like a perfect way to develop empathy in young readers. This book is written by Robin Stevens from Siobhan Dowd's notes. Ms. Stevens' characters stay true to Ms. Dowd's vision.

I recommend this book to all middle grade mystery enthusiasts.

This book is a children's mystery. The point-of-view hero is a 12-year-old boy, and he worked to solve the mystery along with his older sister and his cousin. He's well informed, very observant, and good at reasoning things out, but he has trouble dealing with new or unusual situations. He doesn't think or act quite like other kids. He had trouble coping with being in New York City when he normally lives in London.

The kids asked questions in a reasonable way and looked at sources that might not have been obvious to everyone. They recorded what they discovered and eliminated suspects as best they could. The answer to whodunit and how was foreshadowed enough that it can be guessed, though it's not obvious.

This book is the second book in a series, but you don't need to read the previous book to understand this one. This book did not spoil the mystery of the previous book. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd highly recommend this enjoyable story.

This book was not as tightly written and the mystery not as solid as Siobhan O'Dowd's original London Eye Mystery, but Robin Stevens did a great job resurrecting the characters from that book. She was able to mimic the narration from the first book incredibly well. An enjoyable read with themes of right, wrong and the gray areas in between.

The late Siobhan Dowd wrote a fabulous middle-grade mystery in The London Eye Mystery, longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, one sure to appeal to readers of any age. The sequel, The Guggenheim Mystery, written by Robin Stevens, while not as suspenseful as The London Eye, still proves an excellent read.

Set in the summer after The London Eye, The Guggenheim Mystery narrates how 12-year-old Ted Sparks, older sister Kat and their mother Faith cross the Atlantic to visit Faith’s sister Gloria McCloud and her son 14-year-old Salim. Aunt Gloria is fresh in a job as a curator at the Guggenheim; unfortunately, on the Sparks’ second day in New York City, a $20 million painting disappears (Vasily Kandinsky‘s In the Black Square, which really does hang in the Guggenheim!), and Aunt Gloria gets arrested.

Luckily for Aunt Gloria, Ted launches his own investigation. Beset with autism, Ted has some disadvantages common to those with the condition: an obsession (weather); flapping and moaning when upset; struggles with crowds, loud noises, surprises, and slang and figures of speech; and reluctance to hug or make eye contact. But, as Ted points out, he has a very, very important advantage, due to his “funny brain, which works on a different operating system than other people’s…. I see the way things connect, and I connect things that other people do not seem able to.” As in The London Eye, Ted’s different way of looking at clues solves the mystery when the police are headed in the wrong direction. Readers — of any age — will be glad they took the trip with Ted and his family.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley, Random House Children's, and Knopf Books for Young Readers in exchange for an honest review.