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The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3) by Maureen Johnson
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date: January 21st 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller
Synopsis:
New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson delivers the witty and pulse-pounding conclusion to the Truly Devious series as Stevie Bell solves the mystery that has haunted Ellingham Academy for over 75 years.
Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time. All at the exact moment of Stevie’s greatest triumph . . .
She knows who Truly Devious is. She’s solved it. The greatest case of the century.
At least, she thinks she has. With this latest tragedy, it’s hard to concentrate on the past. Not only has someone died in town, but David disappeared of his own free will and is up to something. Stevie is sure that somehow—somehow—all these things connect. The three deaths in the present. The deaths in the past. The missing Alice Ellingham and the missing David Eastman. Somewhere in this place of riddles and puzzles there must be answers.
Then another accident occurs as a massive storm heads toward Vermont. This is too much for the parents and administrators. Ellingham Academy is evacuated. Obviously, it’s time for Stevie to do something stupid. It’s time to stay on the mountain and face the storm—and a murderer.
In the tantalizing finale to the Truly Devious trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson expertly tangles her dual narrative threads and ignites an explosive end for all who’ve walked through Ellingham Academy.
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What
was your favourite thing about writing The
Hand on the Wall?
Did
you do any research for The
Hand on the Wall or
the series in general?
Quite
a lot! Certainly for the 1930s sections. I bought vintage Vermont
maps and postcards and had them hanging in my office. I also had to
spend a lot of time doing some fairly creepy research to pull off the
murders in books one and two. I still get mail from The
Journal of Forensic Sciences.
Do
you have a favourite character in The
Hand on the Wall?
Possibly
Nate, the writer always panicking about writing his sequel. I might
relate to that. Maybe.
Why
did you decide to do a dual timeline throughout the series?
It
was always a part of the idea. I wanted to have someone trying to
solve a cold case, so it was natural to me that we would see the
original case and the present-day attempts to solve it. That way the
readers got a chance to try to crack two mysteries.
What
are you most proud of about the Truly
Devious
series?
The way it all ties up. It was like doing a word problem for four years. I got everything to add up!
About the Author
Maureen Johnson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of several YA novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, The Name of the Star, and Truly Devious. She has also done collaborative works, such as Let It Snow (with John Green and Lauren Myracle), and The Bane Chronicles (with Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan). Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Buzzfeed, and The Guardian, and she has also served as a scriptwriter for EA Games. She has an MFA in Writing from Columbia University and lives in New York City.
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