This book really surprised me. Not just who the smuggler turned out to be, but also my reaction. I'm usually pretty good at figuring out things before Nancy, or at least picking up on things that Nancy doesn't notice right away... but this time, for some reason, I was SO sure of the culprit's identity that I missed the little hints that I'd usually pick up on. Which meant that I was VERY surprised when the real smuggler was revealed... maybe this book was just written better, hiding the clues more discretely or something. Whatever the reason, I really liked it! ( )