Monday, October 15, 2018

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Well, I'm back. 

I know I've been MIA for a while.  Things going on all over the place necessitated my attention and pleasure reading kinda fell by the wayside. 

BUT, I think things are working themselves out and I will have some more time for me and my books.

So....

This came in on our last water order.  It really looked intriguing, so I took it out.  It sat for a while (see above), but once I started, I couldn't put it down.  It was REALLY good.

Until....

the last 5 or so pages.

As I was eagerly turning pages looking for the conclusion, it worried me there was simply not enough paper left to wrap up everything-----------TO BE CONTINUED. 

I AM SO MAD RIGHT NOW.

Synopsis: a rich man opens a school for talented, gifted, artsy, musical, different, etc. children in the woods of Vermont in the 1930s.  He, his wife, and their young daughter live on the grounds, throwing fabulous parties with society guests of the time.  One day his wife and daughter are kidnapped and held for ransom.  During the plot, a student who inadvertently stumbles onto the kidnapper is murdered.  80 years later, Stevie Bell applies to the school with the the sole goal of solving the case. 

The story is told alternating between past and present.

The sequel in on our wish list.

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