Oh this book was so good. A mix of mystery, some newspaper articles, and court testimony, it will keep you in suspense from the first to the last page.

I thought the author did well with the voice of our 11 year old Tommie. He was a boy that was given away to his aunt until she is murdered and then he's sent to live with his mom-who's a live-in housekeeper for the Henneberry family. Tommie tries to keep his head down but the family sees him as kind of a "plaything"

The Henneberry's are a prime example of rich people who don't care for those that aren't. The Mrs. of the house is a bit strange in the head. She really takes to Tommie but I felt she put him in dangerous and frightful positions for his age.
I really didn't like Martin and Dr. Henneberry at all.

I was a bit shocked at who the killer turns out to be, though I should have seen it. Poor person!