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Truly Devious

byMaureen Johnson

Genres: Mystery Young Adult Adventure Crime Noir

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy murder mysteries with a young adult protagonist and elements of suspense.

Topics Murder mysteryUnsolved caseDeceptionSecretsFriendshipBetrayalIntrigueFamily dynamicsClues and riddlesComing of ageMurderIdentitySurvival

MoodSuspenseful, Mysterious

Female protagonist

RomanceMajor Subplot

ViolenceModerate

Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. “A place;” he said, “where learning is a game.” In 1936, shortly after the school opened, Ellingham’s wife and daughter, Iris and Alice, were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym “Truly; Devious.” It became one of the great crimes of American history. Something like that could never happen again, of course. . . . Years later, true-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder. Truly Devious is the first novel in a murder- mystery trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson.

Language

Published on

16/01/2018

Pages

432

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

9780062338051

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