Truly Devious Series 5 Book Set By Maureen Johnson (Nine Liars, Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, The Hand on the Wall, The Box in the Woods)

This five-book set brings together Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious series, including Nine Liars, Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, The Hand on the Wall and The Box in the Woods. The stories centre on Stevie Bell, an amateur sleuth drawn to Ellingham Academy, a famous private school in Vermont created for bright thinkers, inventors and artists.

Across the collection, Stevie navigates life at the academy and beyond while questions about college, love and the future crowd in. Her investigations are shaped by the school’s past and present, from a notorious 1936 kidnapping and triple murder to a series of deaths that leave the academy feeling cursed. Away from term time, a summer at home is interrupted by a message connected to Sunny Pines, formerly Camp Wonder Falls, and an unsolved case known as the Box in the Woods Murders.

Included titles

• Nine Liars
• Truly Devious
• The Vanishing Stair
• The Hand on the Wall
• The Box in the Woods

Key details

• Five-book set
• Truly Devious series
• By Maureen Johnson
• Includes the titles listed above

Synopses

Nine Liars

Stevie Bell’s senior year at Ellingham Academy is unravelling. With David studying in London, friends focused on college applications and the “cold case of the century” solved, she feels unmoored. With little to distract her, questions about college, love and life keep circling.

Truly Devious

Ellingham Academy is a renowned private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors and artists. Founded by early twentieth century tycoon Albert Ellingham, it was designed as a remarkable place filled with riddles, twisting pathways and gardens.

The Vanishing Stair

The Truly Devious case, an unsolved kidnapping and triple murder from 1936, has gripped Stevie for years and is why she came to Ellingham Academy. After a classmate is murdered, her parents quickly remove her from the school.

The Hand on the Wall

Ellingham Academy begins to feel cursed as three people have died. One death may be the result of a prank gone wrong or a murder, another is described as misadventure, and an accident in Burlington claims another life. Each is framed as being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The Box in the Woods

After catching a killer at her high school, Stevie Bell is home for what should be a normal, quiet summer. A message arrives from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly Camp Wonder Falls, linked to a notorious unsolved case: the Box in the Woods Murders.