A murder is going down by Kate Emery

Kate Emery’s latest novel is another twisty teenage murder mystery with smart wise-cracking repartee to keep you entertained. It all starts in a faulty lift, stuck between floors. To quell the panic of the uptight corporate woman she is trapped with, Heidi starts telling the story of how her sister-in-law was stuck in a lift once only to find that her husband, Heidi’s brother, was murdered while a party was going on. Really? Two stories of jammed lifts? Is this a coincidence, or is there something else going on?

Emery keeps our curiosity engaged as she swaps the story between ‘Now’, the conversation between Heidi and corporate Marianne in the lift, and ‘Then’, the story of how she suspects her not-so-nice brother Felix was murdered. It’s all very funny, and puzzling, and will keep the reader guessing. A bit of potential romance between Heidi and her bother-in-law Patrick, a willing collaborator in her murder investigation, adds to the mix.

Yes, it’s another great mystery from Kate Emery and a compulsive read for fans of murder mysteries, just like her award-winning My family and other suspects (2024).  Don’t miss it! Teacher's notes are available.

Themes: Murder, Deception.

Helen Eddy