num_pages: 369
description: All Stevie Bell wanted was to find the key to the Ellingham mystery but instead she found her classmate dead. And while she solved that murder the crimes of the past are still waiting in the dark. Just as Stevie feels shes on the cusp of putting it together her parents pull her out of Ellingham academy.For her own safety they say. She must move past this obsession with crime. Now that Stevies away from the school of topiaries and secret tunnels and her strange and endearing friends she begins to feel disconnected from the rest of the world. At least she wont have to see David anymore. David who she kissed. David who lied to her about his identityson of despised politician Edward King. Then King himself arrives at her house to offer a deal: He will bring Stevie back to Ellingham immediately. In return she must play nice with David. King is in the midst of a campaign and cant afford his son stirring up trouble. If Stevies at school David will stay put.The tantalizing riddles behind the Ellingham murders are still waiting to be unraveled and Stevie knows shes so close. But the path to the truth has more twists and turns than she can imagineand moving forward involves hurting someone she cares for. In New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnsons second novel of the Truly Devious series nothing is free and someone will pay for the truth with their life.
language: English
title: The Vanishing Stair
publisher: Katherine Tegen Books