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A Waterstones Best Teenage & YA Book of 2022!
The most popular girl in school is dead. And everyone's blaming the wrong guy.
After falling from grace last summer, Agatha Christie-obsessed Alice Ogilvie needs to stay out of trouble. While smart and reclusive Iris Adams just wants to…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Agathas as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I fell in love with The Agathas from page one because I loved the two main characters, Alice and Iris. I’m a sucker for books where two people who seem to have nothing in common find themselves thrown together out of necessity – in this case, to solve a mystery.
I also love mysteries, and the one at the center of this book was so well done that I had trouble putting the book down when it was time to go to sleep.
I loved the characters and the story so much that when I got to the end, I…
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