I love the Agatha's series so far. In this second book in the series Alice and Iris are back at it again trying to solve the mystery of who attacked their classmate which is wrapped up in a 1940's Hollywood area mystery that has been unsolved all this time. The girls grow a lot in this book. The mystery was good and we get more of Iris's friends helping with the forensic work. I enjoy them quite a bit. I can't wait until the next book comes out.

I think i choose the wrong time to listen to this book but i did really like it!! I enjoyed the mystery and the story but i felt at times the story was harder to follow. I thought the mystery elements had more stakes to them for sure and this book had more consequences and i really liked seeing all the side characters again, def exicted to read more in this series soon!!

Even more farfetched than the first one! But entertaining and enjoyable nonetheless. I feel like Iris referring to her abusive father as "The Thing" is a bit immature and she should really be seeing a therapist. But I really liked Mona's backstory and how that unfolded, not so much the mystery in current times!

I loved this second book in the series. It still has all the mystery and thrill of the first, and it makes me even more interested in reading more Agatha Christie novels.

I loved the combination of mystery, crime, and Old Hollywood vibes portrayed throughout the story. This is the second book in the series and I enjoyed being back with the characters. I was happy to see even more character development in this one, especially with Alice. By the end of this book, I felt that Alice grew into a better friend towards Iris, given that I found her to be depicted as spoiled in the first book. I found the ending to be endearing in regards to the relationship between Alice and her mother.

While I found myself to have enjoyed The Agathas slightly more than this one, I still enjoyed the mysterious plot and LOVED all of the Agatha Christie vibes sprinkled throughout this series.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

YA mysteries and thrillers is still one of my favorite genres, and The Agathas series is one of the best I’ve read. It’s smart, sassy, and feminist. The Night in Question builds off of The Agathas, with the same cast of characters and same underlying issues, a war being waged between the haves-and-have-nots, and another (attempted) murder mystery, plus a past murder that’s the infamous local cold case. If you love YA thrillers or Veronica Mars, this series is for you.

Thank you Net Galley for allowing me to receive this book for an honest review.

This is the sequel to The Agathas and I loved this book as much as the first.

Alice's friend Brooke was killed in The Agathas and now her friend Rebecca Kennedy was killed in this book.
But standing over the body is one of Alice's ex friends Helen Park.
Even though Alice and Helen aren't friends anymore she does not think she is a murderer and wants to get to the bottom of it.

There are many secrets in Castle Cove and Alice wants to uncover them. But she has to look at the past to find out.

I highly recommend this book.

I hope this isn't the end of Alice.

When I read the first book in this series, it was one of my favorite books of that particular year. This sequel was also great. Not as great as the first one, but still entertaining and a good escape. This series feeds my true crime obsession.

I loved all the elements of the mystery and how the group of friends works together. I love to read about and get to know all the secondary characters.
I hope there are more books in this series coming!

Awesome follow-up to The Agathas! Alice and Iris are a wonderful detecting duo, each evolving in their own way throughout this book. Their sleuthing abilities are on full display as they attempt to prove that yet another classmate isn’t responsible for a brutal attempted murder, all while learning about connections to a famous death a century before. I found the pacing to be great, the cast of characters interesting, and the overall detecting fun.

I wasn’t the greatest fan of the culprit and their motivations. I also struggled with the writing at times - things weren’t always clearly explained and I’d have to re-read or just ignore two or three times. The ending… was okay.

With all that said, this was still a great read and very satisfying for anyone who enjoyed Book 1. There’s tons of hints for a 3rd book, which I will happily pick up and enjoy as well.

3.9 stars

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with this book.

I loved this book! I am getting more into the mystery genre and this is such a good entry way! This book was so cute!

This sequel didn't captivate me nearly as much as the first in the series. Eventually I was invested but it felt like a really slow build, especially for a teen book.

Book review: The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow, Liz Lawson

The Night in Question is a young adult mystery about two teen sleuths than try to figure out who assaulted their former friend at the school dance. This is the second book in The Agathas series.

The Night in Question picks up months after the Alice and Iris figured out who killed fellow high schooler Brooke Donovan. Right in the middle of a huge storm (and during a school dance at Levy Castle) Rebecca Kennedy is assaulted and put in a coma and all signs point to Helen Park as the perpetrator. But the evidence doesn’t add up and Iris and Alice find themselves pulled into their second investigation in less than a year. The case will take them 80 years back into the mysterious death of film star Mona Moody.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t get into the characters of the amateur high school detectives or the actual crimes in this one. The life and death of Mona Moody should have made a tragic Hollywood backdrop (which I normally enjoy) but I never got invested in that storyline or what happened to cause Rebecca’s injuries at the dance. My main issue was with the story starting right at the dance in the moments before Rebecca was attacked. There was never any buildup or re-introduction of the characters as one minute they were describing dresses and the next someone was stabbed. As the book went on it got more and more complicated with additional characters and motives in both the past and present.

Overall, this was just a so/so teen detective mystery. The crime felt very low-stakes and I never really cared about the life and death of the 1940’s era actress at the center of the story.

3 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Glasgow and Lawson (tell me that doesn't sound like an amazing crime solving duo) are quickly becoming some of my favorite mystery writers. The Agathas hooked me from the first back and the sequel delivers even more of everything I loved from the first book. Need the writers strike to end asap so a network can snap this up and make it the next Teen Drama seriesbit deserves to be!

Barely recovered from the death of their classmate and the harrowing adventure they embarked on to uncover the killer. Alice and Iris are now thrust into the investigation of the brutal assault of another classmate.

This attempted murder might be related to the mysterious death of the 1940s legendary movie star Mona Moody, a mystery that Alice is already obsessed with.

The Night in Question weaves two mysteries, years apart, into one cohesive plotline, which is a feat. I found both mysteries compelling. The setting is atmospheric and perfect for the story.

While The Night in Question is a tad long and gets bogged down with high school drama and romance, I am not the target audience, and these subplots are likely very relatable to them. Also, perhaps I have read too many Christie novels, but I knew who the perpetrator of the assault was before the assault even took place.

Despite my issues with the book, I let most of them go because this series is such a delight. Iris and Alice are such a great detective duo. Their friendship is fantastic, and I adore the cast of characters that help them in their pursuit of justice. I love the over-the-top homage to Agatha Christie. The dialogue reminds me of a CW show. You know teenagers don't talk like they do in Veronica Mars, Dawson's Creek, or Gilmore Girls, but you love them just the same.

This series is perfect for readers who like amateur sleuths, great friendships, and series like The Inheritance Games, Truly Devious, and Good Girl's Guide to Murder.

Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Children's, and Delacorte Press for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

It’s Sadie Hawkins night for Castle Cove High School. Former “Main” clique girl Alice Olgivie and her best friend, “Zoner” Iris Adams, are in attendance, eyeing two other “Mains”, Rebecca and Helen, who both wore the same dress and are having a fight. The dance is being held in the famous local castle, Levy Castle, where classic film star Mona Moody fell to her death in the 40s. Alice sets off to discover a hidden staircase. When she bursts out into an upstairs room, she finds Helen standing over Rebecca with a bloody letter opener in her hand. But Alice, long-time friends with them both, doesn’t believe Helen did it.

Alice and Iris put their heads together and begin to search out clues. They use both Alice’s social connections and nice car, and Iris’ Zoner friends who are handy with computers and back doors. After all, these two have already solved one mystery, using both their heads and Alice’s complete collection of Agatha Christie books. As they go deeper into what happened to Rebecca, they find themselves needing to search in the past too, to find out what really happened that fatal night when Mona Moody fell from that balcony. And once again, the OG Agatha herself will provide an important clue.

I don’t know why I love this duo so much, but I do. The Night in Question is the second book in the series and it’s just as enjoyable as the first. Alice and Iris are believable, smart, and best of all funny. It reminds me a bit of Veronica Mars if Lily hadn’t died but instead the two had formed a crime-solving team. Highly recommended, and I can’t wait for the next installment.

The Agathas are back, y’all! This was so much fun! I loved solving this mystery with them- the mystery itself, the way that they found the clues, put the puzzle together…it was all a blast. Can’t wait for the next one!

In this sequel to The Agathas, Iris and Alice have their hands full. A cool and creepy old castle with hidden passageways, a sordid history, and the mysterious death of an actress lend themselves to create a wonderful mystery.

Read along as Alice, Iris, and the rest of the Zone Group work to figure out who wants someone dead and why.

I can't wait for the next book!

I have gotten out of reading YA the past couple of years, but I can’t pass up a mystery book with Agatha Christie mentions. This book was just as fun and mysterious as the first book. Iris and Alice are wonderful characters and I can’t wait for the next book in this series. Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada (Penguin Teen/Random House Children’s Books) for an eARC in exchange for a honest review.

I loved this book! It felt like a modern Nancy Drew! I was fully pulled into the story, mystery and the characters. I wasn’t a fan of the first one but this one was so good. I also like that there were two mysteries in here. And how they ended up tying together into one! I would recommend this book even as a stand alone. It was so good.

"But authors are lucky: they know how things will end before they even begin, right? Real life is another matter."

I was excited to read this next book in the Agathas series- I really enjoyed the first book last year. I had an easier time keeping track of whether I was reading Alice or Iris this time because of their relationships (although I still maintain that both voices sound too similar in their first person narratives).

This book didn't captivate me in quite the same way as the first. Maybe because I particularly enjoyed the budding friendship between Iris and Alice in the first book. Maybe because the mystery here wasn't as compelling (I saw the whodunnit coming before the girls did). Maybe because it dragged a bit in the middle. But I still enjoyed the story and I hope the next book is about Remy Jackson!