Grades and Grudges (Holiday Hollow Mysteries Book 5)
By Paula Lester
Some professors publish. Professor Octavia Plumm preferred to borrow.
Magical courier Hollis Merribell has one job in Scholastic Row: deliver a parcel to the district’s most celebrated potion theorist before the Autumn Placement Trials begin. She is not expecting to watch that professor drop dead in the examination hall, killed by the very hex meant to keep students honest. The district rules it an accident and files the paperwork before the body’s cold because it’s September, the scholars’ month to chair the Holiday Council, and nothing ruins a reputation like a murder on your watch.
But the ruling doesn’t add up. With her sarcastic miniature reindeer familiar Crinkle sniffing out every lie in the room, Hollis starts pulling threads. This time, she might not be ready for what comes loose.
Some professors publish. Professor Octavia Plumm preferred to borrow.
Magical courier Hollis Merribell has one job in Scholastic Row: deliver a parcel to the district’s most celebrated potion theorist before the Autumn Placement Trials begin. She is not expecting to watch that professor drop dead in the examination hall, killed by the very hex meant to keep students honest. The district rules it an accident and files the paperwork before the body’s cold because it’s September, the scholars’ month to chair the Holiday Council, and nothing ruins a reputation like a murder on your watch.
But the ruling doesn’t add up. With her sarcastic miniature reindeer familiar Crinkle sniffing out every lie in the room, Hollis starts pulling threads. This time, she might not be ready for what comes loose.