There are also deaths by bludgeoning, measles, and a fall, plus a broken arm and the exhumation of remains. The main character, Stevie, comes to the campus to study the old crime and ends up also investigating the death of two students and a professor that happened in Book 1 and Book 2.
The story takes place at a school for gifted students in Vermont where a kidnaping and murder happened in the 1930s. “Be still, my Agatha-Christie-loving beating heart.Parents need to know that The Hand on the Wall is the final book in the acclaimed mystery trilogy by Maureen Johnson, author of the Shades of London series. “Remember the first time reading Harry Potter and knowing it was special? There’s that same sense of magic in the introduction of teen Sherlock-in-training Stevie Bell.” - USA Today (four stars) “The Agatha Christie-like ecosystem pairs with lacerating contemporary wit, and alternating past and present scenes makes for a multilayered, modern detective story.” - New York Times Book Review “Readers, hang tight: there’s one more round to come, and if the signs are right, it’ll be to die for.” *-* Publishers Weekly (starred review) In the tantalizing finale to the Truly Devious trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson expertly tangles her dual narrative threads and ignites an explosive end for all who’ve walked through Ellingham Academy. It’s time to stay on the mountain and face the storm-and a murderer. Obviously, it’s time for Stevie to do something stupid. This is too much for the parents and administrators. Then another accident occurs as a massive storm heads toward Vermont. Somewhere in this place of riddles and puzzles there must be answers. The missing Alice Ellingham and the missing David Eastman. Stevie is sure that somehow-somehow-all these things connect. Not only has someone died in town, but David disappeared of his own free will and is up to something. With this latest tragedy, it’s hard to concentrate on the past. The greatest case of the century.Īt least, she thinks she has. All at the exact moment of Stevie’s greatest triumph. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder.
New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson delivers the witty and pulse-pounding conclusion to the Truly Devious series as Stevie Bell solves the mystery that has haunted Ellingham Academy for over 75 years.Įllingham Academy must be cursed.
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