Elizabeth Webster prefers to stay under the radar and away from the
spotlight in middle school. However, when the popular all-star swimmer
Henry Harrison asks Elizabeth to tutor him in math, her invisible days
are long gone. When Elizabeth arrives to tutor Henry, she realizes he
has an ulterior motive. Henry's house is being haunted by a ghost
calling Elizabeth's name. As Elizabeth investigates Henry's ghost, she
makes a few startling discoveries and realizes is Henry really the one
who needs saving?
I thought the book was a very fun and
laugh-out-loud read. The cast of characters were all lovable and helped
our novice lawyer heroine along the way. It was fun seeing how each
character grew and helped each other along. A must-read for any mystery
fan!
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About the Book
Title: ELIZABETH WEBSTER AND THE COURT OF
UNCOMMON PLEAS
Pub.
Date: October 15, 2019
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 320
Welcome to Elizabeth Webster's world, where the common laws of middle school
torment her days . . . and the uncommon laws of an even weirder realm govern
her nights.
Elizabeth Webster is happy to stay under the radar (and under her bangs) until
middle school is dead and gone. But when star swimmer Henry Harrison asks
Elizabeth to tutor him in math, it's not linear equations Henry really needs
help with-it's a flower-scented, poodle-skirt-wearing, head-tossing ghost who's
calling out Elizabeth's name.
But why Elizabeth? Could it have something to do with her missing
lawyer father? Maybe. Probably. If only she could find him. In her search,
Elizabeth discovers more than she is looking for: a grandfather she never knew,
a startling legacy, and the secret family law firm, Webster & Son,
Attorneys for the Damned.
Elizabeth and her friends soon land in court, where demons and ghosts take the
witness stand and a red-eyed judge with a ratty white wig hands out sentences
like sandwiches. Will Elizabeth's father arrive in time to save Henry
Harrison-and is Henry the one who really needs saving?
Set in the historic streets of Philadelphia, this riveting middle-grade mystery
from New York Times best-selling author William Lashner will
have readers banging their gavels and calling for more from the incomparable
Elizabeth Webster.
About William:
William Lashner is
the New York Times Bestselling creator of Victor Carl, who has been called by
Booklist one of the mystery novel’s “most compelling, most morally ambiguous
characters.” The Victor Carl novels,
which have been translated into more than a dozen foreign languages and have
been sold all across the globe, include BAGMEN, KILLER’S KISS, FALLS THE
SHADOW, FATAL FLAW, and HOSTILE WITNESS.
He is also the author of GUARANTEED HEROES, THE BARKEEP, which was an
Edgar Award nominee and a Digital Book World Number One Bestseller, THE
ACCOUNTING, and BLOOD AND BONE.
Writing under the
pseudonym of Tyler Knox, Lashner is also the author of KOCKROACH, described as
“roaringly entertaining,” by Publisher’s Weekly, and “an energetic tour de
force,” by USA Today. As Tyler Knox he
has written a number of book reviews for the Washington Post Book World.
Lashner was a
criminal prosecutor with the Department of Justice in Washington D.C. before
quitting the law to write fulltime. A
graduate of the New York University School of Law, as well as the Iowa Writers'
Workshop, he lives with his wife and three children outside Philadelphia.
William Lashner
Photo © Sigrid Estrada
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