The Weekend Was Murder
Joan Lowery Nixon
(Author)
Description
Mary Elizabeth can't wait for the weekend to begin at the Ridley Hotel, where a famous mystery writer and a troupe of actors are coming to enact a murder mystery for 150 amateur sleuths.Mary Elizabeth's role is to discover "the body" in Room1927, which is supposed to be haunted. But nothing prepares her for the real body that she finds in Room 1927....
Product Details
Price
$7.99
$7.43
Publisher
Laurel Leaf Library
Publish Date
February 01, 1994
Pages
208
Dimensions
4.14 X 7.0 X 0.56 inches | 0.23 pounds
Language
English
Type
Mass Market Paperbound
EAN/UPC
9780440219019
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Joan Lowery Nixon was the author of more than 130 books for young readers and was the only four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Best Young Adult Mystery Award. She received the award for The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore, The Séance, The Name of the Game Was Murder, and The Other Side of the Dark, which also won the California Young Reader Medal. Her historical fiction included the award-winning series The Orphan Train Adventures, Orphan Train Children, and Colonial Williamsburg: Young Americans.
Reviews
"A masterfully constructed, engaging read that will delight mystery fans... Ingeniously plotted, fast-paced, and lighthearted."--Publishers Weekly "Nixon's many fans will enjoy wading through the myraid details and placing bets on the outcome."--Kirkus Reviews "[A] something-for-everyone story."--School Library Journal