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Truly Devious

Truly Devious

Ellingham Academy, founded by Albert Ellingham, is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. Shortly after the school opened in the early twentieth century, Ellingham’s wife and daughter were kidnapped. This became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history. Fast forward to present day: 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. Told in alternating chapters between past and present, this book is hard to put down.