"The Meg Duncan books are a series of six juvenile mystery books," featuring Meg, a young detective who solves local mysteries with her friends, family, and her siamese cat. This is a first edition of the first book in the series and the most notable. The series was featured and covered in detail on the popular word press Lost Classics of Teen Lit: 1939-1989.
Whitman Mystery books were published with illustrated covers and no dust jacket. There is rubbing along all edges of the cover, as well as bumped splitting to the fore-edge corners. Small instances of a purple stain on back cover. and a inscription on the pastedowns.