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.
*from goodreads*
