The Box in the Woods: 4 (Truly Devious, 4)

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After solving the case of Truly Devious , Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery. Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century. The fact that Stevie can work through her anxiety, not let it immobilize her, and continue to work towards her goal of solving the Box in the Woods case is… Stevie speaks to Paul, who is also sure that Todd ran over Michael. They talk about the murders. Paul says he was with Shawn at the time before he headed to bed. Stevie is travelling to Sunny Pines by train, because there is actually public transport in that area of the US, apparently. She considers all the train mysteries she has ever read, but thankfully she doesn’t get kidnapped.

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Allison stops by to apologise to Stevie. She offers to help with the investigation. Stevie heads over to Allison’s house, and Allison shows Stevie Sabrina’s belongings. Sabrina apparently kept a lot of diaries.Maureen Johnson once again does an amazing job weaving past and present together so seamlessly. It reads so perfectly fluid. She also leaves lots of bread crumbs to follow, but I never would have seen this coming until the very end. I’m not sure how I feel about the reasoning behind murders, but I could actually see it as a possibility. Maybe exaggerated a bit but still possible.

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The author really shows off her craft and finesse with The Box In The Woods by making this a solid read for those who haven’t read the first books in the series. As someone who hasn’t read the first three, it was easy enough to follow along with the characters and their established relations. More importantly, there were no spoilers (that I could tell) from the original mysteries, and she didn’t spend a lot of time explaining the past, which can be tiring for familiar readers. Johnson managed to find a really nice balance between the two extremes. This book was like a comfortable hug. I have come to love these characters and the mysteries they solve. There's humor, funny dialogue, and a decently clever (if just a little bit Scooby-doo-ish at the end) mystery. The 70s setting of the murders was also a nice addition, because it can allow today's readers to see just how far police investigation and technology has come. I hope the author continues with this series because there are many directions this can go now, and I'll take all of the contemporary YA mysteries! at first i had high hopes. halfway through i thought maybe i could give it a three and talk about what happens when hercule poirot meets i know what you did last summer. so you can imagine my disappointment when i realized there was info dumping at 90%, which honestly shouldn't have surprised me at all considering our dear stevie bell goes on long bike rides, gets involved in arts and crafts, stares at the ceiling thinking about her boyfriend and generally does everything but investigate for the most part. the 1978 case was interesting which is what pisses me off. this could have been such a good book if it had nothing to do with stevie (or any outsider solving the case forty years later, really).What were the murder statutes in Pennsylvania? Surely there had to be something in there about people who came to the deli counter and stood there asking questions about things that were clearly written on signs, making ten other people wait behind them. It was the Friday-evening shift, which meant people wanted their weekend lunch meat and deli stuff and they wanted to go home. And here was this woman, lost in the cabinet of wonders that was the deli counter. Susan calls Stevie to talk about Allison. Susan wants to meet Stevie, so Stevie and David drive out to see her. The Box In The Woods is available now, physically, digitally, and audibly, wherever books are sold. Make sure to grab the first three books in Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious series, Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, and The Hand On The Wall. It’s okay. I have two. Actually, I have three, but that’s because the experiment went wrong . . . “

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Although I was dubious about whether Maureen Johnson could successfully turn the Truly Devious trilogy into an ongoing franchise (one that didn’t feel like an unnecessary corporate grab for easy money), I shouldn’t have worried. Janelle finds some random papers that look like they were typed up by Sabrina. Stevie gives them to Allison.also, the romance. i have nothing against david but unfortunately that was a classic example of telling without showing. i have no idea why these two love each other. there wasn't a single moment of bonding. they met face to face after months and their interaction was lukewarm at best. they fought (because why talk things out when you can be angsty instead) and then we get the confession?? what? I would have said that I wish we could have seen more of the characters from the first 3 books – But it makes sense given the setting. My biggest gripe is the relationship between Stevie and David. I really don’t see the connection there and he’s kind of a jerk sometimes. I’m not sure what is missing, but there is something. But something evil still lurks in Barlow Corners. When Stevie opens the lid on this long-dormant case, she gets much more than she bargained for. The Box in the Woods will make room for more victims. This time, Stevie may not make it out alive. Rating:

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Lots of murder weapons at the deli counter. So many knives. The most dangerous thing was the meat slicer, but it would be hard to turn that into a murder weapon. Too heavy, and it had a safety guard. It could probably be done, though....Oh, also, before I forget, for David fans, he is in this one too and I gotta say, I enjoyed him here. I've never been a huge David-stan, but for some reason in this one, he really grew on me. After solving the case of Truly Devious, Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson. Brandy had been up five times during the night with Claire Parsons. Claire was eight and scared of going to the bathroom by herself. The bathroom was outside, about thirty feet away from the cabin, and Claire had to pee more than any child alive. Brandy had tried everything—cutting off Claire’s supply of bug juice after dinner, taking Claire to the bathroom three times before lights out, offering to give Claire something to pee into on the cabin porch so she wouldn’t have to go out to the toilets. If you told Claire to go by herself, she would stand by your cot and poke you with a wet finger until you took her. (Why was it always wet? From what?)