Death at Morning House Review

Death at Morning House

By: Maureen Johnson

Publish Date: August 6, 2024

Publisher: Harpercollins children’s Books/Harper Teen

Mystery and Thrillers/Teens and YA

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Book Review:

I gave this book 4 stars. It was a little slow at the beginning, but it started to pick up around 60% of the way through. It is a dual timeline. Present time and July of 1932. On July 27, 1932, two children died. One from drowning and the other from a fall. The family left the next day. The house has remained empty since. Present day the home has been bought and renovated and is open for the summer for touring before it is closed to the public for private use. There is an historian who is doing research on the house and the family who used to own it. She is also the boss of the 6 teenagers who are working there for the summer. Three of them are in charge of the tours, one is a lifeguard for the lagoon pool, 1 is in charge of the water equipment such as the boat and jet ski and the last one is in charge of the gift shop. 5 of the teenagers are from the local area and the 6th one is from out of town who was just recently brought in to fill an empty spot. Why was she brought in instead of using another local teen? You will have to read the book. There are actually several mysteries in this book, and you really need to pay attention to get the clues. I was surprised at one of them and barely figured out the other ones just before the reveal.

What I really enjoyed about this book was the friendship; even though some of the friends weren’t perfect but that is how life is. I liked how they worked together even though they didn’t think they could trust each other.