The Name of the Game Was Murder

Joan Lowery Nixon. Laurel Leaf Library, $5.99 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-440-21916-3

A 15-year-old sleuth tries to solve the murder of her great-uncle, who was killed after writing a tell-all novel about his high-profile friends. An Edgar Award winner. Ages 12-up. (Dec.)q

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