The Agathas: ‘Part Agatha Christie, part Veronica Mars, and completely entertaining.’ Karen M. McManus

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Iris,” Alice says wearily. “You seem like such a nice person and her your brain is full of horrible things.” Last October, Alice Ogilvie’s ex-best friend, Brooke Donovan, was killed—and if it weren’t for Alice’s unlikely alliance with her tutor, Iris Adams, and her library of the complete works of Agatha Christie, the wrong person would almost certainly be sitting in prison for the crime. The Castle Cove police aren’t exactly great at solving crimes. In fact, they’re notorious for not solving crimes. After falling from grace last summer, Agatha Christie-obsessed Alice Ogilvie needs to stay out of trouble. While smart and reclusive Iris Adams just wants to get the hell out of Castle Cove. Amateur detectives Alice and Iris are about to uncover just how many secrets their sleepy seaside town is hiding… Two high schoolers team up to investigate a classmate’s death and discover that their small California town is positively aboil with secrets.

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Tuesday, 5/30 at 6pm - Barnes and Noble - conversation between co-authors Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson Wildly ambitious and wholly empathetic, devastatingly raw, and impossibly gentle; a must-read in this moment.” It’s really not fantastic. It’s more exactly what my parents do: buy me something—something I cannot stand—because it’s expensive.”

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The Castle Cove Police Department thinks it’s an open-and-shut case, but Alice and Iris are sure it can’t be that simple. Park isn’t a murderer—and the girls know all too well that in life, and in mysteries, things are rarely what they appear to be. To understand the present, sometimes you need to look to the past.

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It means that if you think failing out of school to be a detective is a smart thing to do, you are even more naive than I thought.” A clever plot that kept me guessing till the end. The Agathas is an absolutely addictive read!”—June Hur, author of The Forest of Stolen Girls and The Red Palace Which is how May meets Zach. And how Zach meets May. And how both might figure out that surviving could be an option after all.

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A propulsive mystery starring two unlikely friends who give Nancy Drew a run for her money. With a totally satisfying and surprising ending, The Agathas is so, so much fun.”—Jessica Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of They’ll Never Catch Us and They Wish They Were Us

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Kathleen Glasgow is the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces, How to Make Friends with the Dark, and You'd Be Home Now. She lives and writes in Tucson, Arizona.But now they have a murder to solve. There are clues the police are ignoring, a list of suspects a mile long and some very dangerous cliffs.

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The mystery thrills and gratifies thanks to escalating stakes and devastating reveals.“— Publishers Weekly Liz Lawson Thanks so much for the question. These kids who experience school shootings are normally just left behind / forgotten by the media once the hype died …more Thanks so much for the question. These kids who experience school shootings are normally just left behind / forgotten by the media once the hype died down, and they're left with the gaping hole in their lives. I felt that exploring that was vitally important, and I hope my book helps some of those kids. Part Agatha Christie, part Veronica Mars, and completely entertaining.”—Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Of Us Is Lyingyou shouldn’t force people to be vulnerable. Sometimes, you need them to be angry, and impetuous, and mean, and hardheaded.” Enter Iris Adams, Alice’s tutor. Iris has her own reasons for wanting to disappear, though unlike Alice, she doesn’t have the money or the means. That could be changed by the hefty reward Brooke’s grandmother is offering to anyone who can share information about her granddaughter’s whereabouts. The police are convinced Steve is the culprit, but Alice isn’t so sure, and with Iris on her side, she just might be able to prove her theory.