A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF SUMMER Last summer, Alice Ogilvie´s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for five days. She´s not talking, so where she went and what happened to her is the biggest mystery in Castle Cove. Or it was, at least. But now, another one of Steve´s girlfriends has vanished: Brooke Donovan, Alice´s ex-best friend. And it doesn´t look like Brooke will be coming back. . . Enter Iris Adams, Alice´s tutor. Iris has her own reasons for wanting to disappear, though unlike Alice, she doesn´t have the money or the means. That could be changed by the hefty reward Brooke´s grandmother is offering to anyone who can share information about her granddaughter´s whereabouts. The police are convinced Steve is the culprit, but Alice isn´t so sure, and with Iris on her side, she just might be able to prove her theory. In order to get the reward and prove Steve´s innocence, they need to figure out who killed Brooke Donovan. And luckily Alice has exactly what they need-the complete works of Agatha Christie. If there´s anyone that can teach the girls how to solve a mystery it´s the master herself. But the town of Castle Cove holds many secrets, and Alice and Iris have no idea how much danger they´re about to walk into.