The Truly Devious series continues as Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery.

Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she’s back at home for a normal summer.

But then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls—the site of the notorious unsolved case, the Box in the Woods Murders. Back in 1978, four camp counselors were killed in the woods outside of the town of Barlow Corners, their bodies left in a gruesome display. The new owner offers Stevie an invitation: Come to the camp and help him work on a true crime podcast about the case.

Stevie agrees, as long as she can bring along her friends from Ellingham Academy. Nothing sounds better than a summer spent together, investigating old murders.

But something evil still lurks in Barlow Corners. When Stevie opens the lid on this long-dormant case, she gets much more than she bargained for. The Box in the Woods will make room for more victims. This time, Stevie may not make it out alive.

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megs_bookrack

(0/5)

152

Apr 23, 2025

?!?! WHAT, WHAT, WHAT !?!?THIS COVER IS PERFECTION! Yesss, give me all the purple goodness.The Box in the Woods is going to look so great on my shelves. And Maureen Johnson, blessing us with more Stevie Bell?! I mean, I just can't handle it.

Michael

(5/5)

137

Will not be going camping anytime soon.

Maddie

(3/5)

Nate is one of the best fictional characters ever and I will accept no argument on this matter.

shre ☂

OMG why am I knowing about this only now??? so excited!!!!

emma

(2/5)

220

Hi MTV, and welcome to my purgatory crib.Come on in. Make yourself at home. But also get homey while you're walking, because it's tour time. So...yeah. This is my humble abode and the location of my unrelenting mundane quasi-punishment. Over on your left, you'll see a pretty good series starter, a mystery book with fun banter and completely unhinged and unrealistic characters but also an autumn-y boarding school setting. Highs and lows.Up ahead, there's a slightly worse version of the same thing...

Vero

1051

I just hope Stevie dumps asshole David and winds up dating her true love Nathaniel Fisher

Melanie (MelReads)

547

can this series have ten more books? thank you very much😭

Lia Carstairs

(4/5)

408

all the Nate content gave me lifeAND I ACTUALLY LOVED DAVID??? who am i-RTC(4.5⭐)______ Pre-read Review: All I need in this book is more Nate

Nilufer Ozmekik

297

Ding ding ding! We have a big WINNER! I loved this standalone more than Truly Devious Trilogy! It was amazing to see my favorite gang members back! ( of course I talk about Stevie- Nate and Janelle) Douchebag David is also back! But something magical happened in this book: I learned to tolerate David: I never fantasized to perform 100 ways of punching him. Especially at the last third of the story he earned so many brownie points with his contribution to solve the case and proved himself as a de...

giulia

STEVIE BELL IS COMING BACK STEVIE BELL IS COMING BACK STEVIE BELL IS COMING BACK STEVIE BELL IS COMING BACK ————————————————————————————————————-————not surprised at all that i loved this!! hoping we get more from the series because of (1) reason: STEVIE BELL!!!!

rose ★

NO WAY!(all i want from this is for stevie to actually get her moose lol)

☀︎El In Oz☀︎

3/5So this was a disappointment. I expected so much from this. I loved the previous three Truly Devious books and there was no reason I wouldn’t read this. Sadly it wasn’t that good.I think a big thing that made me like it less was the setting. I didn’t connect with the summer camp vibes like I connected with the private school in the middle of nowhere vibes of Ellingham Academy. I feel the school setting really gave the story this unique feeling which is odd to say since so many murder mysterie...

rox rawr

WHERE IS DAVID?!

Katrin D

Full review to come!

daphnereads

4.5 starsWhen I say that I screamed my head off when I got approved for The Box in the Woods, I’m not exaggerating in the slightest. Truly Devious is one of my favorite mystery series, so when I heard that there was gonna be one more book in the series, I couldn’t believe it. And this stand alone spin off did not disappoint!Reading this was like returning to an old group of friends. We got to see Stevie, Nate, and Janelle in a completely different setting, but the charm of a cold murder case sti...

rachel ☾

#1) Truly Devious ★★★★★#2) The Vanishing Stair ★★☆☆☆#3) The Hand on the Wall ★★☆☆☆ is everyone seeing this!? we're getting more stevie bell & the crew Blog • Trigger Warning Database • Twitter • Instagram

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