Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time. All at the exact moment of Stevie’s greatest triumph . . .

She knows who Truly Devious is. She’s solved it. The greatest case of the century.

At least, she thinks she has. With this latest tragedy, it’s hard to concentrate on the past. Not only has someone died in town, but David disappeared of his own free will and is up to something. Stevie is sure that somehow—somehow—all these things connect. The three deaths in the present. The deaths in the past. The missing Alice Ellingham and the missing David Eastman. Somewhere in this place of riddles and puzzles there must be answers.

Then another accident occurs as a massive storm heads toward Vermont. This is too much for the parents and administrators. Ellingham Academy is evacuated. Obviously, it’s time for Stevie to do something stupid. It’s time to stay on the mountain and face the storm—and a murderer.

In the tantalizing finale to the Truly Devious trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson expertly tangles her dual narrative threads and ignites an explosive end for all who’ve walked through Ellingham Academy.

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson delivers the witty and pulse-pounding conclusion to the Truly Devious series as Stevie Bell solves the mystery that has haunted Ellingham Academy for over 75 years.

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Dr. Appu Sasidharan

(4/5)

Nov 21, 2024

(Throwback Review) Yet another accident happens in Ellingham Academy. A massive storm is also heading towards Vermont. So they decide to evacuate the school. But Stevie chose to stay on the mountain to face the storm to solve the case. Will she able to solve this flummoxing case amid the downright macabre of the past and the present? This book will give you the answer. What I learned from this book 1) The money-empathy gap Money is indispensable in everyone's life. It provides food, d

Ashley Nuckles

I’m curling into a ball and dying inside now that this murder mystery is cracked wide open and there is nothing left to solve. No but for real this book was AMAZING. I did happen to guess whodunit from around the middle, but there were still SO MANY EXTRA THINGS I hadn’t even thought about!! I just really love this series and if you want a cozy, murder mystery that borders on crazy conspiracy with puzzles and history and things, please read this! I begeth of you lol. Definitely a favorite for a

Mariah

To quote the best character in this series:“ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME HAVE AN EMOTION???”If you are like me and while you enjoyed the first two books in the series, you were kind of bored through most of it: I urge you to pick this up!First, you get the satisfaction of finishing a series, seeing it through to the end. Second - this one actually had me on the edge of my seat for more than just the cliffhanger!Stayed up until 2:30AM to see it through and am now sitting at my work desk at 7:25AM, c...

Kai Spellmeier

People told me to keep reading despite the horrible love interest because it would all be worth it in the end. And I'm not so sure about that.This trilogy (yes I know there's a sequel but we all know this was intended to be a trilogy that thanks to its success now receives one or multiple sequels) was overall really fun. Great characters, fantastic setting, the promise of mystery and murder in the air. And I got mystery and I got murder. It just...could have been better.Stupid, unnecessary, bori...

Leonie

(2/5)

I had a lot of fun with this series but it did slowly go downhill with each installment. Ultimately, this should have just been one book, instead of a trilogy.

emma

(3/5)

388

i know this book was disappointing to me. i know that.and yet here i am, rereading it enthusiastically and with high expectations.i love to fail.update: i am keeping this same review but dropping the rating half a star for the reason that this whole series would have been SO much better without the flashbacks. those were a snooze and a half.-------------Here’s the thing: This is not a good mystery.A good mystery, a truly remarkable one, has not only a question at its core that fascinates and elu...

jessica

168

im definitely in the minority with my feelings on this conclusion, but after my reaction to ‘the vanishing stair,’ i could see this coming. this was okay. not the worst, but i didnt do a reread of the other books before picking this up so it took me a while to remember/piece together what was happening. i also dont remember david being such a major douche?! his character really turned me off to pretty much everything he was involved in. overall, i wasnt overly impressed, nor was i disappointed w...

TheYALibrarian

(5/5)

149

I was warned The Vanishing Stair ended on a cliffhanger. Did it stop me from finishing it in a few days? NO AND I REGRET NOTHING AND REGRET EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME!!!! FFFFFFFUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Update 1/21/20Rating 5 StarsGot to have this for the holiday weekend and wow...what a fucking ride. I didn't want a second of it to end. More review to come I think I just need to go sob in the corner for a while...

hyacinth

140

maureen could’ve put all these in one book 🤦‍♀️

Camile Souza (This Chamber of Books)

128

At the end of The Vanishing Stair it says this book will apparently be called The Hand on the Wall??Whatever the name is, I'm bitter that I have to wait till next year to read it after yet another cliffhanger. The life of a reader is not a fair one.

Reading_ Tamishly

113

Here's my 5 🌟 parts of the trilogy:✨The 2nd half of the 1st book✨The whole of the 2nd book (minus David, of course)✨The first half of the 3rd bookWell, it's worth binge reading! And it's so interesting and fast paced that you won't take much time reading each book (don't get fooled by the number of pages!).Why the last one is not a perfect 5 🌟 read for me:I still couldn't stand David and Stevie together. The romance was so out of place. And I simply couldn't understand why the author tried to fo...

April

Wish this series would continue on, but still love how it ended overall.

Jananie (thisstoryaintover)

love this series and Stevie a sh*t ton <3

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