Alice and Iris are fans of mystery novels, and their hero is Agatha Christie. Last fall the amateur sleuths solved the murder of Brooke Donovan, and managed to get her killer arrested and jailed. This time, the girls are heading to Levy Castle for a school dance, and they look forward to all of the mysteries that are present in that old landmark. Levy Castle was once home to the 1940s movie star Mona Moody, who was killed in the castle and whose murder was never solved.
But just as they start poking around the place for clues to this old event, one of their classmates is brutally assaulted and is almost killed. With a more contemporary attempted murder available, Alice and Iris grab their metaphorical magnifying glasses and begin investigating clues, looking for the person responsible. However, the more they dig, the more links to the distant past of the 1940s they uncover, and the more persuaded they become that Moody's murder and this attempt on their classmate's life are linked, even if almost eighty decades separate them. But the closer they dig, the closer they get to someone who has nothing to lose!
Fans of light mysteries will appreciate this fast moving tale, and will keep guessing who the culprit is as tantalizing hints are dropped along the way.
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