King of Murder: A Herculeah Jones Mystery - Hardcover

Byars, Betsy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670060658 ISBN 13: 9780670060658

Publisher: Viking Juvenile, 2006

Synopsis

When the rumors abound that Mathias King is involved in a local unsolved stabbing, Herculeah decides to look into the case and see if she can set the record straight, but when her helpful sidekick, Meat, becomes overly involved with his new girlfriend, Herculeah wonders if she will be able to get to the bottom of it all on her own.

About this title

About the Author:

Betsy Byars has written many popular and awardwinning books, including The Summer of the Swans (1971 Newbery Medal winner), Keeper of the Doves, the Bingo Brown books, the Ant easy-to-reads, and many other novels. She lives in South Carolina.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6–In this fast-paced, entertaining tale, Herculeah Jones and her friend Meat think that mystery writer and magician Mathias King could be a murderer. They meet him at the secondhand store where he gets the weapons he uses in his stories. To demonstrate one of his many skills, he lassoes Meat around the neck with a silk cord. But in no time this King of Murder is after Herculeah. She discovers that he's described a crime in A Slash of Life with accurate detail, according to Gilda, the elderly friend of the victim. Herculeah is invited to a tea party at King's Den of Iniquity, where she ends up kicking through a false wall to escape after being drugged by scented candles. But the real danger comes later when she revisits King's house with Gilda. With its twisty conclusion and short, exciting chapters, this story will grab even reluctant readers. The plot and the characters are well developed, especially the sweet and mild Meat as he sorts out his feelings about his best friend.–Tina Zubak, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Juvenile
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0670060658
• ISBN 13: 9780670060658
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80