Truly Devious

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New York Times widely enjoyed author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first audiobook of a striking new series, great for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.   Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early 20th century tycoon, who wanted to make a delightful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. “A place”, he said, “where learning is a game.”  Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter 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 unsolved crimes of American history.  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.  The two interwoven mysteries of this first book in the Truly Devious series dovetail brilliantly, and Stevie Bell will continue her relentless quest for the murderers in books two and three.  Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2018  Junior Library Guild Selection  2019 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nomination  2019 ALA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Nomination  Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2018  Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction 2018   2018 Nerdy Book Club Young Adult Winner  Seventeen Best YA Book of 2018  Lincoln Award Nominee  2020-2021 South Carolina Book Awards Nominee

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