Kid Quote
"It is a fast moving book with many puzzles that were fun to solve.
The author kept me in the dark as to motivation of the characters
right until the end. It was a real page-turner. I recommend it to
anyone who loves a good mystery."
-Juliana K. Age 10
Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? By Eleanor Updale
When a petty thief falls through a glass roof trying to escape from the police, what should have been the death of him marks the beginning of a whole new life. He soon becomes the most elusive burglar in Victorian London, adopting a dual existence as both a respectable, wealthy gentleman named Montmorency, and his degenerate servant Scarper.
Spring semester at the Lab School in Hyde Park finds Petra and Calder drawn into another mystery when unexplainable accidents and ghostly happenings throw a spotlight on Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, and it's up to the two junior sleuths to piece together the clues.