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Betrayal by the Book
The Swallowtail Legacy Series (Book 2)
- Author
- Michael D. Beil
- Narrator
- Taylor Meskimen
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 18 April 2023
- Run Time
- 8 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A writer’s conference brings twelve-year-old Lark’s favorite writer—and a suspicious death—to Swallowtail Island, in the second book in this middle grade mystery series by an Edgar Award-nominated author.
Swallowtail Island is hosting the Swallowtales Writer’s Conference. Lark’s ecstatic to be chosen as a “page” for her favorite author, Ann E. Keyhart.
But they say you should never meet your idols. When Keyhart arrives with her personal assistant in tow, she is nothing but a terror. And within a few hours, the assistant is dead! But the explanation isn’t sitting well. Not when lots of people had reasons to want to be rid of Keyhart, and especially not after it’s revealed the assistant recently completed a hot new novel and the file’s vanished from her computer.
Then Lark finds out the assistant had a bird—the match to the one she found hidden in her mom’s book—and she needs answers. It looks like Swallowtail Island still has secrets to reveal, and Lark’s going to uncover them.
In a gripping new chapter in the Swallowtail Legacy series, Mike D. Beil spins another clever clue hunt that seamlessly slips in alongside the best classics of middle grade mystery.
Critics Review
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“Each character…sparks with life. Lark’s process and the reveals are perfectly paced…Readers will be hooked.”
Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Wreck at Ada’s Reef
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“[A] tightly plotted story of family intrigue and blackmail.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Wreck at Ada’s Reef
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“Both a consuming race-against-the-clock mystery and a break-your-heart drama about making peace with the past.”
Shelf Awareness on Wreck at Ada’s Reef
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“Fans of mystery will enjoy how Lark goes all out to solve this case…and the author does a wonderful job of bringing this island and its inhabitants to life.”
School Library Journal on Wreck at Ada’s Reef
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Details
- Author
- Michael D. Beil
- Narrator
- Taylor Meskimen
- Duration
- 8 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 April 2023
- ISBN
- 9798200960774
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Synopsis
A writer’s conference brings twelve-year-old Lark’s favorite writer—and a suspicious death—to Swallowtail Island, in the second book in this middle grade mystery series by an Edgar Award-nominated author.Swallowtail Island is hosting the Swallowtales Writer’s Conference. Lark’s ecstatic to be chosen as a “page” for her favorite author, Ann E. Keyhart.But they say you should never meet your idols. When Keyhart arrives with her personal assistant in tow, she is nothing but a terror. And within a few hours, the assistant is dead! But the explanation isn’t sitting well. Not when lots of people had reasons to want to be rid of Keyhart, and especially not after it’s revealed the assistant recently completed a hot new novel and the file’s vanished from her computer.Then Lark finds out the assistant had a bird—the match to the one she found hidden in her mom’s book—and she needs answers. It looks like Swallowtail Island still has secrets to reveal, and Lark’s going to uncover them.In a gripping new chapter in the Swallowtail Legacy series, Mike D. Beil spins another clever clue hunt that seamlessly slips in alongside the best classics of middle grade mystery.
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