Into each series a turkey must fall, and this one is a turkey for me.

 

Most of the books I've read in this series are gentle, character-based stories in which plot is pretty light and the moral aspects well handled.

 

This one feels more like an Enid Blyton adventure in which the quiet, gentle abbey is suddenly felt to be insufficient in its own right and acquires hidden tunnels, lost treasures, etc.

 

Dick, as another reviewer has said, is an annoying character with nothing to like at all.  His sister is nearly as bad.

 

The only positive aspect of the book is the introduction of Jen and Jack (I first met them in a later book, and liked them then).

 

The morality is also laid on rather heavily in this book.  Dick having to be persuaded of the benefits of being a 'decent' person.