A mystifying museum fire. A missing heir. A mystery that you won’t be able to put down! I loved this book’s sense of fun and its colorful cast of characters who are complete opposites, but go together like peanut butter and jelly. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone who loves fun, mysteries and lightheartedness.
— ARC REVIEWER Addie M., age 13
Get ready! Once you start this mystery adventure you won’t want to go to school or go to practice or do your homework. You won’t want to do anything except hide away and read this thrilling, quick-paced book until you’re done. That’s pretty much I how felt. With likeable, well developed characters and plenty humor, this is one of the BEST adventure stories I’ve ever read.
— Susan
I really did love this book! What sets apart this tale of a missing heir, an orphaned girl, and a mysterious key is the heart and soul of the characters. April is my new favorite self-reliant girl who joins four other savvy orphans to solve the mystery and save their new-found home. The suspenseful, fast-paced plot is paired with hilarious asides to the reader, perfectly balancing the storytelling. I look forward to more tales of the orphans at Winterborne House.
— Jamie“A fast-paced thrill ride of a book . . . it’s Batman meets Annie.” —Stuart Gibbs, New York Times best-selling author of the Spy School series
“An adventure-filled read with a twisty mystery and spunky friendships. I loved it!” –Melissa de la Cruz, New York times best-selling author of The Descendants series
April didn't mean to start the fire. She wasn’t the one who broke the vase. April didn’t ask to go live in a big, creepy mansion with a bunch of orphans who just don't understand that April isn’t like them. After all, April’s mother is coming back for her someday very soon.
All April has to do is find the clues her mother left inside the massive mansion. But Winterborne House is hiding more than one secret, so April and her friends are going to have to work together to unravel the riddle of a missing heir, a creepy legend, and a mysterious key before the only home they’ve ever known is lost to them forever.
2011 Texas Lone Star Reasing List (Heist Society)
2010 YALSA Teens Top Ten Book (Heist Society)
North Carolina Book Award Booklist, 2010-2011 (Heist Society)
Teens Top 10 Finalist, 2010 (Heist Society)
Romance Writers’ of America Rita Award Finalist, 2010 (Don’t Judge a Girl By Her Cover)
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Winner (I’d Tell You I Love You but Then I’d Have to Kill You)
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Winner (I’d Tell You I Love You but Then I’d Have to Kill You)
Amelia Bloomer Book Award (I’d Tell You I Love You but Then I’d Have to Kill You)
Kansas Notable book (I’d Tell You I Love You but Then I’d Have to Kill You)
Texas Lone Star Reading List (I’d Tell You I Love You but Then I’d Have to Kill You)
Georgia Peach Book Award Runner-Up (I’d Tell You I Love You but Then I’d Have to Kill You)