The Winterton Deception 1: Final Word by Janet Sumner Johnson

Author:Janet Sumner Johnson [Johnson, Janet Sumner]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2023-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

I waited for Jennifer to finish, then slid the letter aside to reveal the second page. It was one sentence:

Clue #2: The clue is in the letter.

“Huh. So it’s not—”

Jennifer gave another small shake of her head. “Let’s make a copy,” she said, then led me to a small cupboard in the center of the room. She pulled on the handle, and a fancy printer rolled out.

Handing me the original, she grabbed a pencil and paper from another drawer, and waved me into the Jane Austen museum. We cut past the display where we’d found the clue, and through a door that led straight to the entryway.

I followed her outside to the fountain with its lights bright enough to read by.

“Now we can talk.”

I coughed. “You really think we needed to come all the way out here?”

Jennifer met my gaze. “The shelf by the secret passageway trembled. Someone was there.”

“Why didn’t you say anything?” I demanded. Anonymous letters. Family secrets. People spying. Winterton Chalet got creepier and creepier.

“I didn’t want to freak you out, but I always feel like someone is watching me here.”

The mansion was beautiful, and seemed to have everything you could want, but it reminded me of those monkey traps—the kind with a yummy banana inside that only holds the monkeys because they won’t let go of the banana.

“It’s got to be the misspellings,” Jennifer said as we pulled out our copies. “Grandmother was particular about details. I once misspelled something in a letter I sent to her, and her response was basically two pages of scolding. Spelling reflects on your character, she insisted. She may have been sick when she wrote that, but if she could organize a whole mystery on her deathbed, these mistakes have to be part of the clue.”

“Especially since she misspelled Brandon’s name twice.” I pulled out my pen. “Let’s mark it up.”

We worked together drawing circles around all the misspelled words, then made a list.

When we’d finished, I tapped the paper. “Every mistake is a missing letter, see?”

Jennifer’s face lit up. “You’re right!”

We both took notes.

Advantage – Advantage – A

o – of – F

inteligent – intelligent – L

trubles – troubles – O

het – hurt – U

Bandon – Brandon – R

or – for – F

Dwn – down – O

whateve – whatever – R

nne – Anne – A

Bradon – Brandon – N

Cotinue – Continue – N

Wintrton – Winterton – E

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