MixedI would say of the Moran Johnson books I've read which now are five this is my least favorite but I still had a lot of fun reading it and it was a quick read and was definitely entertaining and would recommend
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The Box in the Woods (2021)
Others: Leaning positive The Truly Devious series continues as Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery. Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she’s back at home for a normal (that means boring) summer. But then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls—the site of the notorious unsolved case, the Box in the Woods Murders. Back in 1978, four camp counselors were killed in the woods outside of the town of Barlow Corners, their bodies left in a gruesome display. The new owner offers Stevie an invitation: Come to the camp and help him work on a true crime podcast about the case. Stevie agrees, as long as she can bring along her friends from Ellingham Academy. Nothing sounds better than a summer spent together, investigating old murders. But something evil still lurks in Barlow Corners. When Stevie opens the lid on this long-dormant case, she gets much more than she bargained for. The Box in the Woods will make room for more victims. This time, Stevie may not make it out alive.
- ISBN:
- 9780063032613
- Length:
- 1 pages
Genres: mystery, young adult
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Loved itit is probably it is not probably it is the best book in the series and like you know that's so interesting to me that when you read like a series that you would think like the first book would be the best.
MixedI really liked The Box in the Woods. It felt very true to the like essence of Truly Devious, which is a series that I love so dearly.