If you have a taste for mystery, then probably Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson must be on your reading list? Another possibility could be that- you might have already read the entire series. Set in Vermont, with the beautiful cold mountains in its backdrop, Maureen’s ‘Truly Devious Universe’ is snack packed into 3 parts- Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, and The Hand on the Wall. A New York Times Bestseller, Maureen Johnson has woven an intricate web of murder and mystery within the world of E. Lockhart Ellingham Academy. Well, if you have loved reading this mystery packed crime series, here are some more suggestions of books similar to Truly Devious that you might like!
A definitely addictive read, this novel is set in the fictional town of Fairview, where Andie Bell, a popular face at her high school has been murdered. Word is- that it was her boyfriend who killed her, and later killed himself. Pip, another girl at the same school, can’t seem to forget about this incident though five years have passed. It bothers Pip to not have known Sal, Andie’s boyfriend, enough, although he was Pip’s childhood friend. To put her anxiety about this doubt to rest, Pip decides to investigate the case again by herself. But she isn’t fully aware that someone specifically doesn’t want this case to be reopened.
For fans of YA, this mystery/suspense novel by McManus is a pretty popular one on the list of young adult literature. At Bayview High, five students face detention, but when the time period for the same completes, only four walk out alive. Bronwyn, Andy, Nate and Cooper having had individual motives to murder the fifth student, cannot be trusted. While the case focuses on finding out which one of these four is a liar, what is it about Simon’s ‘About That’ gossip app, that lead to his murder? What initially looks like an accident soon loops in a police investigation. What makes ‘One of Us is Lying’ breathtakingly interesting is the use of multiperspectivity in its narration. It is a must-read on the list of ‘Books like Truly Devious’.
One that just cannot be missed when discussing about books like Truly Devious, ‘A Study in Charlotte’ is the first instalment in a suspenseful series that portrays the teen duo of Sherlock and Watson solving crime. Jamie Watson and Charlotte Holmes are not just students at the same boarding school, but also share a history of family and friendship, as their great-great-great-grandfathers have had popular name in the world of detectives. After a student both Jamie and Charlotte knew, dies, they decide to unite the power of their hereditary skills of solving crime and help each other in the journey of finding some answers.
Claimed to be one of the best YA mystery books, ‘The Diviners’ revolves around the adventures of Evie O’Neill. While living at her uncle’s residence, Evie is disturbed by the suspenseful mysterious murders taking place in the neighbourhood. With her uncle and her skills of object reading, Evie sets on a journey to find out the secret behind a spirit murdering people rampantly. This YA mystery also has a sequel to it, by the name ‘Lair of Dreams’, which unravels bigger moments of suspense and horror.
If Truly Devious kept you on a continuous reading streak, then you surely cannot miss out this one. Jennifer Barnes’ ‘The Inheritance Games’. After the death of their mother, Libby and Avery live together in Connecticut. But when Libby’s boyfriend moves in, Avery chooses to turn her car into a temporary residence. What turns Avery and Libby’s lives upside-down is the reading of Mr. Hawthorne’s will, a man the two sisters have never known and who has left Avery a grand inheritance of 48 billion dollars. The will comes with a condition that requires Avery to live in the Hawthorne house for a year with all the members of the deceased Mr. Hawthorne’s family. But there is a strange secret lurking behind the transfer of this inheritance to Avery, who is neither related nor has ever met Tobias Hawthorne.
While there are a lot of books similar to Truly Devious, these five are the most interesting and thrilling of the lot.
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