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Book SynopsisMelanie Travis loves her teaching job at Connecticut''s elite Howard Academy, where plans are underway for a Spring Pageant to honor the school''s fiftieth anniversary. Immersed in the preparations, Melanie is hurrying to retrieve a painting of one of the illustrious co-founders when she comes upon a disturbing scene: Eugene Krebbs, the Academy''s elderly caretaker is arguing loudly with a girl half his size. Before Melanie can learn more than the girl''s first name—Jane—she disappears.
It’s clear that Jane isn’t a student at Howard Academy, so what is she doing there? Melanie doesn''t have a chance to answer that question before more problems arise. Two days later, Krebbs is discovered stabbed to death right on the school grounds. Now Melanie is embroiled in a full-fledged homicide investigation as she tries to find out who’s added murder to the school’s curriculum. And when Melanie''s trail leads her dangerously closer to the truth, she mus