Truly Devious Series Collection 5 Books Set by Maureen Johnson

Truly Devious #1-5

by Maureen Johnson

Nine Liars:
Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn't going well. Her boyfriend, David, is studying in London. Her friends are obsessed with college applications. With the cold case of the century solved, Stevie is adrift. There is nothing to distract her from the questions pinging around her brain—questions about college, love, and life in general.

Truly Devious:
Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. 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 Truly Devious case—an unsolved kidnapping and triple murder that rocked Ellingham Academy in 1936—has consumed Stevie for years. It's the very reason she came to the academy. But then her classmate was murdered, and her parents quickly pull her out of school.

The Hand on the Wall:
Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The Box in the Woods:
Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she's back at home for a normal (that means boring) summer. But then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls—the site of the notorious unsolved case, the Box in the Woods Murders.

Paperback

Published October 2, 2023

Reviews

[Olivia, first of her name, mother of cavapoo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this series. Such a fun break from my usual sci-fi / fantasy.

[Bubbles. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is my third favorite. It's really amazing seeing this all unfold, especially in The Hand on the Wall, which is my favorite, and seeing how this effects Stevie. I am dying waiting for #6, I finished Nine Liars in late May, bit it's been out for almost two years! Come on, Maureen! You can't leave us on a cliffhanger like that for so long!

[Allie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a pretty good series though I definitely think the first 3 are better than the last 2. Some things in it are unnecessary, but it's a pretty good mystery with fun characters.

[Mahati Jayendran · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars