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Midnight Mystery (Winnie the Horse Gentler #4)

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This is a very cool book about a girl named Winnie that trains horses. Her friend's Grandfather owns a circus with lots of horse acts, including a cool Cossak act that includes a black morgan stallion named Midnight Mystery and his owner, Ramon. There's one problem though, someone's trying to wreck his acts! Can Winnie save Midnight Mystery's acts? Read this book to find out!

We found the Winnie series on Amazon and absolutely love it. The books are heartwarming with great character development. My daughter - 13 - is an avid horse lover and the author clearly has her horse facts right on. We recommend starting with the first book in the series - Wild Thing - but this isn't absolutely necessary. Book 4 centers around a mystery of sorts. Very heartwarming. Thank you Dandi

This is the 4th book in the "Winnie The Horse Gentler" series by Dandi Daley Mackall. Unlike previous books, this one actually does include a mystery, and the horse Winnie is helping doesn't board in her barn. This time the circus is in town, and she's needing to help a circus horse who is jumpy, frightened, and even disobeying commands he's been taught. But the Russian circus is going to be there to scout for new talent. . . can she figure out what is going on in time?

Sub-plots of the book are Catman's Grandfather "Colonel Coolidge" is in town. He's gearing up for a reunion of army men -- but where are they? Even more important is Winnie's mother's birthday is approaching. Since her mother died, Winnie wants to put on a horse show for the family -- celebrate the birthday like they always did when her mother was alive which meant a movie in the morning, spaghetti for lunch, and a horse show in the afternoon. Winnie wants to teach Nickers to bow because her mother always had her horses bow, but will Nickers learn in time? And besides that, with Winnie's dad headed to the Invention Convention in Chicago, he's not going to be home on her mom's birthday. Lizzie has a writing competition that day, so that leaves -- Winnie -- and Winnie alone to remember her mother's birthday -- or so she thinks!

The 4th book in the Winnie the Horse Gentler series, Midnight Mystery, is a great book. Horse people and non- horse people will fall in love with this book.

I was so impressed by these books that I bought the whole series for my granddaughter. She loves them. They are beautifully written and a great price. I highly recommend all the books in this series.

Midnight mystery is sooo cool! It is about Winnie Willis' friend Catman's grandfather's circus! Someone is trying to ruin Ramons Horse act who is it? Is it the Colonel, Gabrille Jimmy Green? Can Winnie Willis and her horse gentling buisness save the day? Read it and find out!