First published 2012
Peter Furneaux is fourteen when a bleeding stranger stumbles into his family's living room, soaked and injured. The break-in follows another strange crime: thieves have taken a mummy and Roman coins from the local museum. What looks like a student prank turns deadly when murder follows. Peter cannot see how these events connect, but the odd Colonel Manton can. The Colonel draws Peter into his investigation, and together they uncover secrets that terrify their quiet suburban community. Peter gets far more danger than he expected when the case reaches the tennis club social. The investigation reveals that even the most respectable neighborhood can hide dark truths.
Genres: 20th-century, mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Riverside Villas, Local Museum
Period: 20th Century
288 pages · ebook · Penguin