A review by ashley_dang096
The Agathas by Liz Lawson, Kathleen Glasgow

5.0

A Agatha Christie mystery aways as two girls who could not be more opposite come together to solve a mystery. Last summer Alice Oglive’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her and in turn she disappeared for five days... her disappearance became the biggest mystery in Castle Cove because when she comes back she doesn’t talk about it and now everyone wants to know why, where, what , and so forth. But the real kicker is that Alice’s boyfriend dumped her for her best friend... and on the night of Halloween at a party Alice and her ex get into a fight and the next day her ex best friend is missing and soon found dead. (This is as if it was straight out of Death on the Nile, and I love it) Steve is arrested and now Alice is determined to find out who killed her ex best friend and to even save her ex from jail. Enter Iris Adams, Alice’s tutor. Iris needs money fast, she needs enough to save her and her mother from the abuse they suffer at home and when the missing girl’s grandmother offers up reward money it’s the perfect opportunity. Alice and Iris soon find themselves bonding over this mystery and over their interest in detective work and in Agatha Christie. Alice and Iris couldn’t be more different, Alice is from money, she’s rich but her parents are never home and all she has to look after her is a housekeeper while Iris is poor and just trying to get out of a bad family situation but her mother loves her. They find that they both do enjoy trying to solve mysterious and soon the game is afoot and the evidence is gathered as they go through their list of suspects and try and narrow down who truly killed Alice’s ex best friend. In the town of Castle Cove there are secrets, liars, and cover ups... and these two will have to work together to get to the bottom of it before its too late. This was an absolute fun read! I adore Agatha Christie and this was right up my alley!!!

*I received an arc in exchange for an honest review: thank you Delacorte Press*