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The vanishing stair
The vanishing stair











the vanishing stair

Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester.

the vanishing stair

True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym “Truly, Devious.” It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history. Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. “A place,” he said, “where learning is a game.” It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens.

the vanishing stair

The water lapped gently against the sailboat. Be dark soon, Albert Ellingham said, breaking the silence. A sensational Vermont autumn sunset was beginning. Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. GEORGE Marsh and Albert Ellingham sat looking at each other as the sky turned a volcanic red and orange.













The vanishing stair