A Murder Mystery with In the Hall With the Knife

In the Hall With the Knife by Diana Peterfreund

Harry N. Abrams

Publication Date: October 8, 2019

ISBN: 9781419738340

For fans of the iconic board game or the cult classic film Clue, you’ll dive right into this murder mystery set at the Blackbrook Academy in the small, rural town of Rocky Point, Maine. The story follows a group of students named after classic Clue characters and their chaperones. After a raging winter storm sweeps through the campus, it forces the students, the headmaster, the janitor, and Mrs. White, overseer of Tudor House, to seek shelter in the girl’s dorm, Tudor House. When they wake the next morning they find the headmaster, Mr. Brody, murdered in the Conservatory with an antique military knife. Now the real mystery begins: who murdered Mr. Brody? Every student seems to have a motive, but which student was desperate enough to make the plunge?

In the Hall With the Knife is for anyone that likes an old-fashion murder mystery. It’s a fast-paced, quick read that keeps you on your toes the whole time as you try to solve the mystery. Be sure to check out the sequel due later this year that dives even more into the mystery behind the students' lives.

If you like In the Hall With the Knife, you will enjoy One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson.

-Ashleigh Edwards, Library Associate