Truly Devious: A Mystery
- Author: Maureen Johnson
- Narrator: Kate Rudd
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 10:12:32
Synopsis
New York Times bestselling 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.
Ellingham 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.”
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 * 2020 Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Winner
Chapters
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001 Truly Devious
Duration: 12s -
002 Prologue
Duration: 24min -
003 Chapter 01
Duration: 15min -
004 Chapter 02
Duration: 11min -
005 April 13 6.45pm
Duration: 06min -
006 Chapter 03
Duration: 13min -
007 April 13 7.15pm
Duration: 07min -
008 Chapter 04
Duration: 11min -
009 Chapter 05
Duration: 27min -
010 April 13 8pm
Duration: 16min -
011 Chapter 06
Duration: 16min -
012 Chapter 07
Duration: 24min -
013 April 14 4am
Duration: 06min -
014 Chapter 08
Duration: 12min -
015 Chapter 09
Duration: 15min -
016 April 14 10am
Duration: 06min -
017 Chapter 10
Duration: 13min -
018 Chapter 11
Duration: 21min -
019 April 14 3pm
Duration: 05min -
020 Chapter 12
Duration: 14min