Liz Lawson

Alice Ogilvie and Iris Adams just wanted a normal school dance. After cracking the biggest murder case Castle Cove had ever seen, the amateur sleuths were ready for a little peace and quiet. But in a town with a dark past, quiet never lasts long. When a violent assault interrupts their dance at the infamous Levy Castle—the very place where a Hollywood starlet mysteriously died in the 1940s—Alice and Iris know it is time to dust off their murder boards. The police might be stumped, but the Agathas are back on the case. To catch the culprit, the girls must dig deep into Castle Cove's buried secrets and connect the dots between a decades-old Hollywood tragedy and the brutal attack in the present. But the closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous their investigation becomes. Someone in town is desperate to keep the past hidden, and if Alice and Iris are not careful, their latest mystery might just be their last.

Who killed Brooke Donovan? It is the biggest mystery of the summer, and everyone in Castle Cove thinks they know exactly what happened. They are dead wrong. Last year, Alice Ogilvie vanished for five days after a messy breakup with her star-athlete boyfriend, Steve. She refuses to talk about where she went, but now another one of Steve's girlfriends has disappeared—Alice's former best friend, Brooke. When the police immediately pin the blame on Steve, Alice is not convinced. She teams up with her tutor, Iris Adams, a girl desperate for the hefty reward money so she can finally escape their suffocating town. Together, this unlikely duo sets out to prove Steve's innocence and uncover the real culprit. Their secret weapon? The complete works of Agatha Christie. Armed with the legendary mystery writer's greatest lessons, Alice and Iris dive headfirst into Castle Cove's darkest secrets. But the closer they get to the truth, the more they realize they have no idea how much danger they are actually in.