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Now on the cusp of adulthood and a life of privilege, [[CallToAdventure Tom finds his inner sleuth]] and aims to unearth the dirty truths of Mill Walk and Eagle Lake [[YouMeddlingKids with his friends]] Sarah Spence and Fritz Redwing.
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Now on the cusp of adulthood and a life of privilege, [[CallToAdventure Tom finds his inner sleuth]] and aims to unearth the dirty truths of Mill Walk and Eagle Lake [[YouMeddlingKids with his friends]] Sarah Spence and Fritz Redwing.Redwing.
Not to be confused with ''[[Series/Masterpiece Mystery]]'', the former title of ''Masterpiece Mystery'' on Creator/{{PBS}}.
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[[caption-width-right:255:Your teen detective, now more hardboiled.]]
''Mystery'' is a 1990 thriller novel by Creator/PeterStraub, the second of his loosely-connected “Blue Rose” trilogy.
It’s the [[TheFifties late 1950’s]] and [[IslandOfMystery Mill Walk]] is a Caribbean island known only to its locals and a community of rich German and American expatriates. A boy named Tom Pasmore has landed in the hospital after a car accident [[NearDeathExperience nearly kills him.]] While recuperating, Tom starts [[IntergenerationalFriendship a friendship]] with Lamont von Heilitz: an ostracized, reclusive old man who lives across the street. As the 60’s dawn and Tom heals into his teenage years, he becomes deeply invested in a past string of local murders. Von Heilitz approaches the boy with a deep secret.
In his prime, [[RetiredBadass Lamont von Heilitz]] was [[LivingADoubleLife “The Shadow”]], the world’s best [[PrivateDetective private eye]]. He regales Tom with tales and newspaper headlines of his past cases. The two bond over [[MyGreatestFailure the one case gone unsolved]]: the mid-1920’s disappearance of an heiress in the resort town of Eagle Lake, Wisconsin.
Now on the cusp of adulthood and a life of privilege, [[CallToAdventure Tom finds his inner sleuth]] and aims to unearth the dirty truths of Mill Walk and Eagle Lake [[YouMeddlingKids with his friends]] Sarah Spence and Fritz Redwing.
[[caption-width-right:255:Your teen detective, now more hardboiled.]]
''Mystery'' is a 1990 thriller novel by Creator/PeterStraub, the second of his loosely-connected “Blue Rose” trilogy.
It’s the [[TheFifties late 1950’s]] and [[IslandOfMystery Mill Walk]] is a Caribbean island known only to its locals and a community of rich German and American expatriates. A boy named Tom Pasmore has landed in the hospital after a car accident [[NearDeathExperience nearly kills him.]] While recuperating, Tom starts [[IntergenerationalFriendship a friendship]] with Lamont von Heilitz: an ostracized, reclusive old man who lives across the street. As the 60’s dawn and Tom heals into his teenage years, he becomes deeply invested in a past string of local murders. Von Heilitz approaches the boy with a deep secret.
In his prime, [[RetiredBadass Lamont von Heilitz]] was [[LivingADoubleLife “The Shadow”]], the world’s best [[PrivateDetective private eye]]. He regales Tom with tales and newspaper headlines of his past cases. The two bond over [[MyGreatestFailure the one case gone unsolved]]: the mid-1920’s disappearance of an heiress in the resort town of Eagle Lake, Wisconsin.
Now on the cusp of adulthood and a life of privilege, [[CallToAdventure Tom finds his inner sleuth]] and aims to unearth the dirty truths of Mill Walk and Eagle Lake [[YouMeddlingKids with his friends]] Sarah Spence and Fritz Redwing.
