![]() The depiction of the two detectives is very well done. We don't see a lot of her, but she is important to the plot. Her primary concern is the reputation of the school, and she is having a very bad day. ![]() Miss McKenna, headmistress of the school, is a good character. Scary kids, not what I remember teenage girls being like when I was in a very non-posh high school in Alabama (in the 1960s), but still interesting. Most of the eight students that are important to the story are interesting. I especially like the characters in French's books sometimes it seems like the character exploration is just as important as solving the mystery. The second narrative (in third person present tense) follows the eight girls, boarders at the school, in the year leading up to the crime and all the way up the point where Holly turns in the photo.įirst I will start with what I liked about the book. The first is in first person, from the point of view of Stephen Moran. The story is told in alternating narratives. Kilda's, and start interviewing the girls who had access to The Secret Place at the relevant time. ![]() Stephen takes the information to Conway in the Murder Squad, who was the primary on the case the year before. Stephen and Holly have a previous relationship from an earlier case that her father, Frank Mackey, was personally involved in. Kilda's, brings the new piece of evidence to Stephen Moran, a detective in the Cold Cases division who would really rather be in the Murder Squad. Holly Mackey, daughter of a policeman and student at St. ![]()
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