While at the historic Levy Castle for a school dance, one of Alice and Iris’ classmates gets badly injured, and Alice and Iris are seen once again playing detective as they seek to find out who caused their classmate harm and why. Secrets from the castle’s past weave themselves into the mystery of the present as the two girls try to get answers.

THE NIGHT IN QUESTION is the second book in THE AGATHAS series by Kathleen Glasglow and Liz Lawson and is once again riddled with nods to Agatha Christie and the detectives she conjured up!

While I still really enjoyed the nods to Christie in this one, I found this book to be less enjoyable than the first in this series (with that being said, I do think it’s important to pick up THE AGATHAS before diving into this one).

Alice’s character came off as immature, rude, and downright unlikeable at times, and it had me itching to get back into Iris’ head with her POV chapters. I did like seeing their relationship with each other and their friends grow, but I found the overall mystery in this one a bit muddled and reaching at times.

I think I’ll still continue my journey with this series if the authors come out with another one after THE NIGHT IN QUESTION, but this one left me a bit underwhelmed.

Thanks to NetGalley, Random House Children’s, and Delacorte Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Publication Date: May 30, 2023