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The Agathas
by Liz Lawson, Kathleen Glasgow
A fun mystery strongly influenced by Agatha Christie. The story does a good job of creating suspects and investigating.
When Brooke Donovan goes missing, her former friend (and the ex girlfriend of Brooke’s boyfriend) Alice is immediately suspicious. Although Alice disappeared the briefly that summer, she knows Brooke is not that kind of girl, but no one is taking Brooke’s disappearance seriously. When Alice starts investigating with her tutor, Iris, a girl looking for a way out of town and away from her abusive father. When Brooke’s body is found suspicion is immediately thrown on her boyfriend Steve, but Alice and Iris don’t buy it. They launch an amateur, but well thought out investigation, with the guidance of Steve’s lawyer and the help of the school’s Forensic Science club, and Iris’s friends, Neil, Spike, and Zora. They dig up lots of surprising information and blow the case wide open.
I really enjoyed the characters, and am hoping that there will be a more in depth look into Iris and Alice, as their friendship solidifies over the next book. I also like that the supporting characters had very unique voices and characteristics, and hope to see more of them in the future. There’s already set up for a few more books with unsolved crimes linked to the Levy Castle and the murder of Remy Jackson, so I can’t wait to see more of the Agatha’s.
When Brooke Donovan goes missing, her former friend (and the ex girlfriend of Brooke’s boyfriend) Alice is immediately suspicious. Although Alice disappeared the briefly that summer, she knows Brooke is not that kind of girl, but no one is taking Brooke’s disappearance seriously. When Alice starts investigating with her tutor, Iris, a girl looking for a way out of town and away from her abusive father. When Brooke’s body is found suspicion is immediately thrown on her boyfriend Steve, but Alice and Iris don’t buy it. They launch an amateur, but well thought out investigation, with the guidance of Steve’s lawyer and the help of the school’s Forensic Science club, and Iris’s friends, Neil, Spike, and Zora. They dig up lots of surprising information and blow the case wide open.
I really enjoyed the characters, and am hoping that there will be a more in depth look into Iris and Alice, as their friendship solidifies over the next book. I also like that the supporting characters had very unique voices and characteristics, and hope to see more of them in the future. There’s already set up for a few more books with unsolved crimes linked to the Levy Castle and the murder of Remy Jackson, so I can’t wait to see more of the Agatha’s.