A friend gave me this book when she was finished with it. Like her, I've read other books in the "Mysteries of Sparrow Island" series. I really liked this one. There are several mysteries: 1. why the lighthouse seems to go out intermittently? 2. Why does the Coast Guard monitoring of the lighthouse say nothing is wrong even when the lighthouse is not working? 3. Who sent the flower centerpiece arrangement to the sisters?

I liked that Bobby is learning ham radio operation from his uncle. I guess he is rather motivated to learn because he gets to take the test rather quickly and passes on his first try. (A bit convenient that the test is given so soon after the topic comes up, but the rest of the book was so good, I could overlook that.). It was nice to see the outcome of that.

Robert (the uncle) was blinded as an adult by an act of ecoterrorism. He's still angry about it (and I gathered that others with him did not survive what happened, so some of his anger may be understandable). At first he's feeling useless and not self-sufficient because of his disability, but a blind lady who still goes out bird-watching as well as Mary (who has a different disability) help him to see that it only means he's differently abled. Bobby also helps Robert to understand the need to forgive.

I liked the interaction between Pamela, Mary, Abby and Robert.

I didn't really have much that I disliked from this story. ( )