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The Agathas
by Liz Lawson, Kathleen Glasgow
Last summer, Alice Ogilve’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for five days. Where she went and what happened to her is the biggest mystery in Castle Cove, because she’s not talking. Or it was, at least. But now, another one of Steve’s girlfriends has vanished: Brooke Donovan, Alice’s ex–best friend. And it doesn’t look like Brooke will be coming back. . .
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.
In order to get the reward and prove Steve’s innocence, they need to figure out who killed Brooke Donovan. And luckily Alice has exactly what they need—the complete works of Agatha Christie. If there’s anyone that can teach the girls how to solve a mystery it’s the master herself. But the town of Castle Cove holds many secrets, and Alice and Iris have no idea how much danger they're about to walk into.
I'm afraid this YA novel was too juvenile for me so please bear in mind that my review is not from the target audience.
Despite the plot moving along at a good pace (particularly in the second half of the book) there was too little character development. Iris and Alice were so interchangeable that I had to keep checking whose POV it was supposed to be. At the start it didn't seem to matter to Alice that her life-long best friend had disappeared, she didn't even seem particularly moved when Brooke's body was found. Towards the end of the book both Alice and Iris started to feel some real emotion and the book became more interesting but I'm afraid it was too little too late.
My thanks to NetGalley and OneWorld for an advance copy in return for an honest review.
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.
In order to get the reward and prove Steve’s innocence, they need to figure out who killed Brooke Donovan. And luckily Alice has exactly what they need—the complete works of Agatha Christie. If there’s anyone that can teach the girls how to solve a mystery it’s the master herself. But the town of Castle Cove holds many secrets, and Alice and Iris have no idea how much danger they're about to walk into.
I'm afraid this YA novel was too juvenile for me so please bear in mind that my review is not from the target audience.
Despite the plot moving along at a good pace (particularly in the second half of the book) there was too little character development. Iris and Alice were so interchangeable that I had to keep checking whose POV it was supposed to be. At the start it didn't seem to matter to Alice that her life-long best friend had disappeared, she didn't even seem particularly moved when Brooke's body was found. Towards the end of the book both Alice and Iris started to feel some real emotion and the book became more interesting but I'm afraid it was too little too late.
My thanks to NetGalley and OneWorld for an advance copy in return for an honest review.