The final mystery starring Sammy Keyes: "the most winning junior
detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)" --Midwest
Children's Book Review
Sammy doesn't go looking for trouble, but she seems to find it
everywhere. She's forever sniffing out clues and chasing down bad
guys--and driving her friends a little nuts. She's gone up against
thieves and counterfeiters and gangsters and blackmailers and murderers,
and always stayed one step ahead.
Until now.
Last night, one of the bad guys caught up.
Last night, someone followed Sammy up the fire escape and pushed her
from the third story.
Now she's in the hospital, out cold. And her friends are left with the
questions Sammy's always been so good at answering: Why? How? But most
of all . . . WHO?
In this emotional conclusion to her beloved long-running series,
Wendelin Van Draanen shows just how many lives one nosy girl can touch
and pays tribute to a life well sleuthed.
Praise for Sammy Keyes:
"If Kinsey Millhone ever hires a junior partner, Sammy Keyes will be the
first candidate on the list. She's feisty, fearless, and funny. A
top-notch investigator!" --Sue Grafton
"Sammy's brave, resourceful, observant and a loyal friend, but this girl
sleuth is no well-mannered Nancy Drew. She's endearingly hot-tempered,
nosy, and not always obedient--in short, she's someone I want to read
about again." --Margaret Maron