Nominee for the audience awards Skroutz Book Awards 2025.

Last summer, Steve, a basketball star and Alice Ogilvy’s boyfriend, suddenly left her out in the cold. Then she disappeared for five days. She doesn’t reveal to anyone where she went or what happened to her during that time, making this the biggest mystery in Castle Cove. Or at least it was. Because now another girl of Steve’s has disappeared: Brooke Donovan, Alice’s former best friend. Only, it seems Brooke is not coming back.

At this point, Iris Adams appears, the girl who tutors Alice. Iris has her own reasons to want to disappear. But unlike Alice, she doesn’t have the money or the means to do so. However, this might change with the hefty reward offered by Brooke’s grandmother to anyone who provides information about her granddaughter’s disappearance.

The police are convinced that Steve is the culprit, but Alice is not so sure. And with Iris by her side, she might manage to prove her theory right. To claim the reward and prove Steve’s innocence, the two girls must find out who killed Brooke Donovan.

Fortunately, Alice has exactly what they need – all the books of Agatha Christie. If there is anyone who can teach the girls how to solve the case, it is the queen of mystery stories herself!

THE PRESS WROTE:

With witty writing, full of humor and adventure... Readers will be thrilled by the girls’ creative ways of drawing from Agatha Christie to solve the greatest mystery of all time in Castle Cove. Booklist

Smart, multi-layered, and anything but predictable… I wholeheartedly recommend this exciting book and look forward to the next mystery Alice and Iris will have to solve. School Library Journal

Full of twists, mystery, and emotion, it will keep you awake late trying to guess who the culprit is. Erin A. Craig, author

Fast-paced and full of twists, this highly addictive read will keep you hooked on the mystery from the first to the last page. Agatha Christie would be proud. Caleb Roehrig, author