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The Velvet Knife

Truly Devious

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The Velvet Knife

By: Maureen Johnson
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Return to the world of Truly Devious as Stevie Bell and her friends travel to New York to solve a murder in the next standalone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson.

Stevie might be the greatest teenage detective Ellingham Academy and the world has ever seen, but even she can’t figure out what happened with her boyfriend, David. What she needs is a distraction: a good old-fashioned murder. Stevie is much happier dealing with dead people. They’re a lot less confusing—they don’t send cryptic texts and make out with other girls in British pubs.

But then Stevie gets exactly what she wanted when a dead body turns up in the middle of a Manhattan apartment complex, and this one is . . . complicated. Caught in a web of messy alive-people feelings, Stevie finds herself questioning all human connection. Is magnetism only manipulation? Can you trust anyone? Does anyone realize that they’re joining a cult—before it’s too late? And are things with David really over?

Listen to all the Stevie Bell Books:

  • Truly Devious
  • The Vanishing Stair
  • The Hand on the Wall
  • The Box in the Woods (standalone)
  • Nine Liars (standalone)
©2026 Maureen Johnson (P)2026 HarperCollins Publishers
Difficult Situations Family & Relationships Friendship Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Mysteries & Detectives Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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