NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorMaureenJohnsonweavesadelicatetaleofmurderandmysteryinthefirstbookofastrikingnewseries,perfectforfansofAgathaChristieandE.Lockhart.EllinghamAcademyisafamousprivateschoolinVermontforthebrightestthinkers,inventors,andartists.ItwasfoundedbyAlbertEllingham,anearlytwentiethcenturytycoon,whowantedtomakeawonderfulplacefullofriddles,twistingpathways,andgardens.“Aplace,“hesaid,“wherelearningisagame.“Shortlyaftertheschoolopened,hiswifeanddaughterwerekidnapped.Theonlyrealcluewasamockingriddlelistingmethodsofmurder,signedwiththefrighteningpseudonym“Truly,Devious.“ItbecameoneofthegreatunsolvedcrimesofAmericanhistory.True-crimeaficionadoStevieBellissettobeginherfirstyearatEllinghamAcademy,andshehasanambitiousplan:Shewillsolvethiscoldcase.Thatis,shewillsolvethecasewhenshegetsagriponherdemandingnewschoollifeandherhousemates:theinventor,thenovelist,theactor,theartist,andthejokester.Butsomethingstrangeishappening.TrulyDeviousmakesasurprisereturn,anddeathrevisitsEllinghamAcademy.Thepasthascrawledoutofitsgrave.Someonehasgottenawaywithmurder.ThetwointerwovenmysteriesofthisfirstbookintheTrulyDeviousseriesdovetailbrilliantly,andStevieBellwillcontinueherrelentlessquestforthemurderersinbookstwoandthree.PublishersWeeklyBestBooksof2018*JuniorLibraryGuildSelection*2019YALSABestFictionforYoungAdultsNomination*2019ALA’sBestFictionforYoungAdultsNomination*ChicagoPublicLibraryBestoftheBestBooks2018*GoodreadsChoiceAwardNomineeforYoungAdultFiction2018*2018NerdyBookClubYoungAdultWinner*SeventeenBestYABookof2018*LincolnAwardNominee*2020-2021SouthCarolinaBookAwardsNominee*2020PennsylvaniaYoungReaders’ChoiceAwardWinner
