In the Hall with the Knife

No cover — Diana Peterfreund: In the Hall with the Knife (2020, Abrams, Inc.)

English language

Published Dec. 19, 2020 by Abrams, Inc..

ISBN:: 978-1-5364-7312-4

No rating (1 review)

Scarlett. Mustard. Green. Peacock. Plum. Orchard.

One Storm Will Change Their Lives Forever--If They Survive the Night

When a killer storm strikes at Blackbrook Academy, an elite prep school nestled in the woods of Maine, a motley crew of students--including Beth "Peacock" Picach, Orchid McKee, Vaughn Green, Sam "Mustard" Maestor, Finn Plum, and Scarlet Mistry--are left stranded in the aristocratic mansion on campus with their headmaster. Hours later, his lifeless body is discovered in a pool of blood. With this group of students, nothing is as it seems, and everyone has a motive for murder.

Fans of the CLUE board game will delight in Diana Peterfreund's modern reimagining of the brand, its characters, and the dark, magnificent old mansion with secrets hidden within its walls.

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lastblossom reviewed In The Hall With the Knife by Diana Peterfreund (Clue Mysteries)

It's messy and just a bit soapy, to the point where the murder almost seems like the least important thing going on.

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This isn't related to the other Clue series (the one where you solve the mysteries yourself), or the other Clue series (where you solve the mysteries yourself but also you are a kid), or the other other Clue mystery series (where you solve the mysteries, but very quickly). There are a few nods to the movie, but overall it's a straight up high drama boarding school novel with an entirely new cast with no secret answer in the back pages (although as long as you're paying attention, you should be able to solve the mystery anyway). And if you like high drama boarding school novels, this will probably land with you. It's messy and just a bit soapy, to the point where the murder almost seems like the least important thing going on. We've got relationships, and stalkers, and complicated exes, and hidden histories, and hidden presents, and at least …

This isn't related to the other Clue series (the one where you solve the mysteries yourself), or the other Clue series (where you solve the mysteries yourself but also you are a kid), or the other other Clue mystery series (where you solve the mysteries, but very quickly). There are a few nods to the movie, but overall it's a straight up high drama boarding school novel with an entirely new cast with no secret answer in the back pages (although as long as you're paying attention, you should be able to solve the mystery anyway). And if you like high drama boarding school novels, this will probably land with you. It's messy and just a bit soapy, to the point where the murder almost seems like the least important thing going on. We've got relationships, and stalkers, and complicated exes, and hidden histories, and hidden presents, and at least one secret that I assume will culminate in a knife fight in a parking lot with Anish Kapoor and Stuart Semple. If you like your characters more complicated than the plot, this one is for you.