Rosemary Well"s When No One Was Looking is a suspenseful story of a girl"s ambition, friendship, and love of tennis, that takes her to the top. Although she is not beautiful, rich, or good in school, fourteen year old Kathy Bardy has a natural talent for tennis. One day, Kathy loses a match against Ruth Gumm that should have been simple for her. The next day Kathy finds out that Ruth is dead. Although Julia, Oliver, and Kathy"s parents try to comfort her, Kathy feels guilty for wishing Ruth was dead the other night. Because of Ruth"s death, Kathy has...
was at the game. Finally, after hard detective work by Kathy, she discovers that Julia put extra chlorine in the pool to distort Ruth"s vision. Kathy doesn"t tell Julia that she knows, but she sympathizes with Julia and tries to imagine the guilt Julia must be feeling. After a while, the murder case is forgotten, but Julia and Kathy"s friendship is not.

The mystery When No One Was Looking is proof that where there is a will to accomplish something, talent to do it with, and the help of the ones who love you, you can conquer the world.