The Weekend Was MurderFor fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes The Weekend was Murder! from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. Mary Elizabeth can’t wait for the weekend to begin at the Ridley Hotel, where a famous mystery writer and a troupe of actors are coming to enact a murder mystery for 150 amateur sleuths. Mary Elizabeth’s role is to discover the “body” in Room 1927, which is supposed to be haunted. But nothing prepares her for the real body she finds in Room 1927… “A masterfully constructed, engaging read that…[is] ingeniously plotted, fast-paced and lighthearted.” –Publishers Weekly “Fans will love wading through the myriad details and placing bets on the outcome.” –Kirkus Reviews “Mystery fans will…enjoy trying to solve the various crimes.” –School Library Journal |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
actors Annabelle answered ballroom Bandini began body Cayman Islands chair clues crime Crystal Crane desk Detective Jarvis Detective Sharp Devane's Duffy's Edgar Albert Pitts Edgar Allan Poe Eileen Duffy eyes Fran asked Fran's Frank Devane ghost glanced glass door going guess hallway hand happened head health club heard Houston police depart hurry inside Jarvis asked JOAN LOWERY NIXON killed knew Lamar Larabee lobby looked Martin Jones Mary Elizabeth minutes Miss Harmon murder murder-mystery weekend mystery weekend mystery writer nineteenth floor nodded Officer Estavez Okay paperweight Parmegan Pitts's police policewoman question Randolph Hamilton Ransome remember Ridley Hotel room nineteen twenty-seven scene screaming script Sherlock Holmes sleuths smiled solve someone stared Stephanie Harmon stopped suite sure talk telephone tell There's things thought Tina told took trying turned voice waited walked What's whispered woman Yamoto