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The Vanishing Stair

by Maureen Johnson · Truly Devious series

Stevie Bell returns to Ellingham Academy, where a decades-old kidnapping case and a fresh murder refuse to stay separate. Johnson braids past and present with escalating skill, ratcheting tension across both timelines as Stevie gets closer to answers that powerful people would prefer stayed buried.

Truly Devious in reading order

• 1. Truly Devious 3-Book Box Set: Truly Devious, Vanishing Stair, and Hand on the Wall — Maureen Johnson
• 2. The Vanishing Stair — Maureen Johnson
• 3. The Hand on the Wall — Maureen Johnson

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