Recent Reads: The Mystery of Alice by Lee Bacon

The Mystery of Alice by Lee Bacon
Publisher: Audible Studios
Publication Date:  May 2, 2019

 

Format: Audible Audiobook
Source: Freebie for Audible Subscribers in May of 2019.

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Goodreads Synopsis: 

Thirteen-year-old Emily Poe has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to attend the exclusive Audyn School in Manhattan. But to win the scholarship, she has to pass a test like nothing she’s ever experienced before: a nearly bare room, a set of strange clues, a locked door. Plus, a mysterious organization—the Leopold Foundation—is watching her every move.

But the real test has just begun. Despite the strange circumstances—in a new house, at a new school—Emily instantly bonds with fellow scholarship winner Alice Wray.

And then Alice goes missing.

Chronicling every surprising twist and turn of her search through her own private video diary, Emily sets out to find the truth behind Alice’s disappearance. Soon, she’s drawn deep into the inner circle of the Audyn School’s elite, the Nobility, who each have secrets of their own. As clues and lies mount, Emily must sort truth from fiction to solve The Mystery of Alice before it’s too late.

Review: 

The Mystery of Alice is a full-cast-read audiobook from Audible that follows Emily and her video diary as she is invited into a prestigious school through a scholarship. We met Emily when she is at home and has just received her invitation to apply letter and as she travels to NY to take her very strange admissions test. She prevails and is accepted into the scholarship and then meets a girl named Alice that is in a similar situation as her. They become close friends until Alice starts hanging out with the rich kids a the school.

The book is full of interesting characters seen through Emily's eyes and diary, as well as a lot of mysteries and weird situations. When Alice goes missing, Emily is scared and wants to help find her friend but she thinks another person at the school is involved. It is whirlwind of speculation and sleuthing that ends in deception, murder, and risk. 

The book was a fun listen, and the full-cast was a nice addition to help the story along. It was a pretty short story, so there is some rushed plot, but overall I found it to be a good story that kept me on my toes and guessing. I never would have thought of the ending and the turn it took, it is shocking and a great way to end it. 

My only criticism was that it was hard to tell the ages of the characters, they were said to be in middle school but acted older and then sometimes younger... some of it was hard to believe, but overall a good plot.