{"product_id":"truly-devious-a-mystery-hardcover","title":"Truly Devious: A Mystery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaureen Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortly 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers 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 * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/em\u003e Best YA Book of 2018 * Lincoln Award Nominee * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2020-2021 South Carolina Book Awards Nominee * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2020 \u003c\/strong\u003eP\u003cstrong\u003eennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllingham 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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTruly Devious\u003c\/em\u003e is the first novel in a murder- mystery trilogy by \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Maureen Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllingham 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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears 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. 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