She was admitted to the school on the merit of being an amateur detective and managed to (spoilers!) solve the cold-case of several murders relating to the school around the time of its founding, with the help of her friends. The Truly Devious trilogy centres around Stevie Bell: an amateur detective attending high school at the, shall we say, eccentric Ellingham Academy. I loved the previous four books and was excited to read this one as well. Maureen Johnson is the author of the Truly Devious series ( Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, and The Hand on the Wall), with stand-alone books featuring the same main characters The Box in the Woods, and now, Nine Liars. I managed to read this entire book over the course of a rather busy 48 hours, and it was a delight! "Be still, my Agatha-Christie-loving beating heart.If there’s one thing I know about a mystery book, it’s that it simply cannot be read slowly. "Be still, my Agatha-Christie-loving beating heart." -Bustle "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 * Junior Library Guild Selection * Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of 2019 * Hypable's Best Books of 2019 * Where did the murderer hide? What's the meaning of the riddle Albert Ellingham left behind? And what, exactly, is at stake in the Truly Devious affair? The Ellingham case isn't just a piece of history-it's a live wire into the present. And when Stevie finally returns, she also returns to David: the guy she kissed, and the guy who lied about his identity-Edward King's son.īut larger issues are at play. Even if it means making a deal with the despicable Senator Edward King. Stevie's willing to do anything to get back to Ellingham, be back with her friends, and solve the Truly Devious case. She must move past this obsession with crime.
But then her classmate was murdered, and her parents quickly pull her out of school. It's the very reason she came to the academy. The Truly Devious case-an unsolved kidnapping and triple murder that rocked Ellingham Academy in 1936-has consumed Stevie for years. No answer is given freely, and someone will pay for the truth with their life. In New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson's second novel in the Truly Devious series, there are more twists and turns than Stevie Bell can imagine. New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller!
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