¿DÓNDE BUSCAS A ALGUIEN QUE EN REALIDAD NUNCA ESTÁ?
SIEMPRE EN UNA ESCALINATA PERO NUNCA EN LA ESCALERA…
Los sugerentes acertijos que se ocultan tras los asesinatos del internado Ellingham, el centro privado fundado en 1930 por el millonario excéntrico Albert Ellingham en las remotas montañas de Vermont, siguen esperando a que alguien los resuelva; y Stevie sabe que está muy muy cerca. Sin embargo, el camino hacia la verdad tiene más obstáculos de los que se imagina…, y continuar avanzando implica hacer daño a alguien que quiere.
EN LA SEGUNDA ENTREGA DE LA TRILOGÍA EL CASO VERMONT DE MAUREEN JOHNSON, TODO TIENE UN PRECIO, Y ALGUIEN PAGARÁ LA VERDAD CON SU VIDA.
«Os lo asegura el lector más impaciente del mundo: si la serie El caso Vermont es básicamente una novela de misterio muy larga, Nunca en la escalera… es una parte central tan amena que ni siquiera os entrarán ganas de saltaros nada para leer el final».
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
«Esperar la siguiente entrega de esta serie que rinde homenaje a los clásicos del misterio Agatha Christie y Sherlock Holmes fue una tortura, pero Nunca en la escalera… mereció la pena».
USA TODAY
«Johnson da forma a su novela más original y minuciosamente urdida, un libro con misterios que se solapan entre los años treinta y el presente y que va desgranando cuidadosamente capítulo tras capítulo».
KIRKUS
«Esta segunda entrega es un toma y daca: varios misterios importantes se resuelven de manera satisfactoria, pero otros acertijos del pasado permanecen angustiosamente indescifrables, y otros más entran en juego casi al llegar a su enigmático final.
Agatha Christie se sentiría orgullosa».
BOOKLIST
Sobre la Academia Ellingham debe de pesar una maldición. Ya han muerto tres personas. Una, víctima de una broma que salió mal o de un asesinato. Otra, por una fatalidad. Y ahora, un accidente en Burlington se ha cobrado una nueva vida. Y todo justo en el momento de mayor triunfo de Stevie Bell…
Sabe quién es Atentamente Perverso. Lo ha resuelto. El crimen del siglo.
Al menos, eso cree. Con esta nueva tragedia, es difícil concentrarse en el pasado. No solo ha muerto una persona en la ciudad, sino que además David ha desaparecido por propia voluntad y está tramando algo. Stevie está segura de que de alguna manera —de alguna manera— todo guarda relación. Las tres muertes del presente. Las muertes del pasado. La desaparición de Alice Ellingham y la desaparición de David Eastman. En algún lugar de este mundo de enigmas y acertijos deben encontrarse las respuestas.
Después sobreviene otro imprevisto cuando una gigantesca tormenta de nieve se cierne sobre Vermont. La Academia Ellingham es evacuada. Obviamente, es el momento de que Stevie Bell haga una tontería. Es el momento de quedarse en la montaña y enfrentarse a la tormenta… y a un asesinato.
En la estimulante conclusión de la trilogía El Caso Vermont, la escritora Maureen Johnson, líder de ventas del New York Times, trenza con mano experta los dos hilos narrativos y hace estallar un explosivo final para todos los que hemos recorrido la Academia Ellingham.
«Esta trilogía de Johnson es deliciosamente evocadora, con un elenco cada vez más numeroso de complejos sospechosos y víctimas en potencia, giros dramáticos sorprendentes y una pizca de romance».
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
«¿Os acordáis cuando empezasteis a leer Harry Potter y supisteis que se trataba de algo especial? Pues existe la misma sensación mágica con la introducción de la aprendiz de Sherlock Holmes adolescente Stevie Bell».
USA TODAY
«Johnson da forma a su libro más original y minuciosamente urdido, una novela con misterios que se solapan entre los años treinta y el presente y que va desgranando cuidadosamente capítulo tras capítulo».
KIRKUS
«Una serie de trama intricada y lectura compulsiva que no solo investiga crímenes fascinantes, sino también los misterios de la ansiedad, el proceso creativo, la fama contemporánea y mucho más».
JOHN GREEN
Simon Lewis never thought he'd become a Shadowhunter...and now he has the chance. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. After living as a Mundane and a Vampire, Simon never thought he would become a Shadowhunter, but today he begins his training at Shadowhunter Academy. This standalone e-only short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments, as he trains to become a Shadowhunter. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy features characters from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, and the upcoming Dark Artifices and Last Hours series. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy is written by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan.
Written by some of today's most exciting teen authors, Vacations from Hell offers five unique takes on a universal experience-unforgettable trips.
This third Hell collection features stories of vacations that take a serious turn for the worse when paranormal elements interfere.
Claudia Gray's teen witch falls for the wrong guy on her family's yearly beach trip,
Cassandra Clare's heroine confronts a vengeful and powerful woman while taking in the Jamaican sun.
The cruise ship in Sarah Mlynowski's story carries some dead, soon-to-be-dead, and even some un-dead passengers aboard.
Libba Bray takes us to a town in Eastern Europe with a dark and bloody past.
And a paranoid madness born in the French Revolution reaches across time to turn sister against sister in Maureen Johnson's tale.
New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.
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. "A place," he said, "where learning is a game."
Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. 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.
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. 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. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder.
The two interwoven mysteries of this first book in the Truly Devious series dovetail brilliantly, and Stevie Bell will continue her relentless quest for the murderers in books two and three.
Jack the Ripper stalks through London, and only the Shadowhunters can stop him. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. Simon learns the truth behind the Jack the Ripper murders-"Jack" was stopped by Will Herondale and his institute of Victorian Shadowhunters. This standalone e-only short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments, as he trains to become a Shadowhunter. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy features characters from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, and the upcoming Dark Artifices and Last Hours series. The Whitechapel Fiend is written by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson.
In New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s second novel in the Truly Devious series, there are more twists and turns than Stevie Bell can imagine. No answer is given freely, and someone will pay for the truth with their life.
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. For her safety, they say. She must move past this obsession with crime.
Stevie’s willing to do anything to get back to Ellingham, be back with her friends, and solve the Truly Devious case. Even if it means making a deal with the despicable Senator Edward King. And when Stevie finally returns, she also returns to David: the guy she kissed, and the guy who lied about his identity—Edward King’s son.
But larger issues are at play. Where did the murderer hide? What’s the meaning of the riddle Albert Ellingham left behind? And what, exactly, is at stake in the Truly Devious affair? The Ellingham case isn’t just a piece of history—it’s a live wire into the present.
Praise for Book One:
“The Agatha Christie-like ecosystem pairs with lacerating contemporary wit, and alternating past and present scenes makes for a multilayered, modern detective story.” —New York Times Book Review
“Remember the first time reading Harry Potter and knowing it was special? There’s that same sense of magic in the introduction of teen Sherlock-in-training Stevie Bell.” —USA Today (four stars)
“Be still, my Agatha-Christie-loving beating heart.” —Bustle
Rory and her friends are reeling from a series of sudden and tragic events. While racked with grief, Rory tries to determine if she acted in time to save a member of the squad. If she did, how do you find a ghost? Also, Rory's classmate Charlotte has been kidnapped by Jane and her nefarious organization. Evidence is uncovered of a forty-year-old cult, ten missing teenagers, and a likely mass murder. Everything indicates that Charlotte's in danger, and it seems that something much bigger and much more terrible is coming. Time is running out as Rory fights to find her friends and the ghost squad struggles to stop Jane from unleashing her spectral nightmare on the entire city. In the process, they'll discover the existence of an organization that underpins London itself-and Rory will learn that someone she trusts has been keeping a tremendous secret. In this exhilarating third installment to her New York Times bestselling series, Maureen Johnson brings the sinister streets of London to life with her signature wit and suspense.
Magnus Bane has a royal role in the French Revolution—if the angry mobs don’t spoil his spells. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles.
While in France, immortal warlock Magnus Bane finds himself attempting to rescue the royal family from the horrors of the French Revolution—after being roped into this mess by a most attractive count. Naturally, the daring escape calls for invisible air balloons…
This standalone e-only short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. This story in The Bane Chronicles, The Runaway Queen, is written by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson.
A short story about Magnus Bane, an immortal warlock in The Mortal Instruments series. The fifth story in a new series of ten e-only short stories about fan-favorite Magnus Bane, who features prominently The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices, which will begin in April 2013 and conclude in January 2014.
THE DAY Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it's the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city - gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific work of Jack the Ripper in the autumn of 1888. Soon "Rippermania" takes hold of modern-day London, and the police are left with few leads and no witnesses. Except one. Rory spotted the man police believe to be the prime suspect. But she is the only one who saw him. Even her roommate, who was with her at the time, didn't notice the mysterious man. So why can only Rory see him? And more urgently, what is he planning to do about her? In this edge-of-your-seat thriller, full of suspense, humor, and romance, Rory will learn the truth about the secret ghost police of London and discover her own shocking abilities.
After her near-fatal run-in with the Jack the Ripper copycat, Rory Deveaux has been living in Bristol under the close watch of her parents. So when her therapist suddenly suggests she return to Wexford, Rory jumps at the chance to get back to her friends. But Rory's brush with the Ripper touched her more than she thought possible: she's become a human terminus, with the power to eliminate ghosts on contact. She soon finds out that the Shades - the city's secret ghost-fighting police - are responsible for her return. The Ripper may be gone, but now there is a string of new inexplicable deaths threatening London. Rory has evidence that the deaths are no coincidence. Something much more sinister is going on, and now she must convince the squad to listen to her before it's too late. In this follow-up to the Edgar Award-nominated The Name of the Star, Maureen Johnson adds another layer of spectacularly gruesome details to the streets of London that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.
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