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*SociallyAwkwardHero: Stevie struggles interacting with everyone except Janelle, and frequently mentally berates herself for it.
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*EveryoneIsASuspect: Considering that [[spoiler: Hayes]] is horrible to everyone, pretty much everyone has a reason to kill him.
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*HiddenVillain: [[spoiler: Ellie]] seemed to be innocent enough, but it just so happens murder is on the menu tonight.
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*DrowningMySorrows: Ellie when [[spoiler: Hayes dies]]. However, [[spoiler: This is actually subverted when we find out that she's in fact the killer and wasn't really mourning]]
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*AdorablyPrecociousChild: Dottie Epstein, which makes it extra sad when she dies right in the intro.
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*AmateurSleuth: Stevie never solved a real crime before, but that doesn't stop her from doing whatever it takes to save the day.
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*KidDetective: Stevie, except she's a teenager. She is always constantly reminded of how she's only "playing" detective because she's a minor.
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*SummationGathering: When Stevie has all the Minerva House kids play a game of "Never" and at the end of it, goes through her process of figuring out who did it.
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* BoardingSchool: The Ellington Academy is the top boarding school in America.
* BoardingSchool: The Ellington Academy is the top boarding school in America.
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* TheCynic: Nate. He constantly mopes and makes deadpan comments about how everything is terrible.
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* EvilIsHammy: The new Truly Devious note projected onto Stevie's wall in the middle of the night was completely unnecessary, but completely the villain's style.
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* JerkassVictim: When [[spoiler: Hayes spoiler]] Hayes]] is killed, Stevie finds out that this person ended up using everyone to do all of his work, even stealing credit and making a lot of money by ripping off other people's ideas.
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* JerkassVictim: When <spoiler> [[spoiler: Hayes </spoiler> spoiler]] is killed, Stevie finds out that this person ended up using everyone to do all of his work, even stealing credit and making a lot of money by ripping off other people's ideas.
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* JerkassVictim: When <spoiler> Hayes </spoiler> is killed, Stevie finds out that this person ended up using everyone to do all of his work, even stealing credit and making a lot of money by ripping off other people's ideas.ideas.
*WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Once the victim is dead, and his secrets are all revealed, it's pretty obvious that almost everyone has a motive.
*WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Once the victim is dead, and his secrets are all revealed, it's pretty obvious that almost everyone has a motive.
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* Jerkass Victim: JerkassVictim: When <spoiler> Hayes </spoiler> is killed, Stevie finds out that this person ended up using everyone to do all of his work, even stealing credit and making a lot of money by ripping off other people's ideas.
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* ElaborateUniversityHigh: So much so that there's a map of the school grounds before the first chapter.chapter.
* Jerkass Victim: When <spoiler> Hayes </spoiler> is killed, Stevie finds out that this person ended up using everyone to do all of his work, even stealing credit and making a lot of money by ripping off other people's ideas.
* Jerkass Victim: When <spoiler> Hayes </spoiler> is killed, Stevie finds out that this person ended up using everyone to do all of his work, even stealing credit and making a lot of money by ripping off other people's ideas.
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''Truly Devious'' is a 2018 Young-Adult mystery novel by Maureen Johnson. It takes place at Ellingham Academy, a private boarding school meant for high schoolers who are exceptional at one skill. The school is plagued by a 90-year-old mystery concerning the school's founder whose family was suddenly kidnapped in the 1930s. The only real clue was a letter written in the form of a riddle and signed "Truly, Devious."
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''Truly Devious'' is a 2018 Young-Adult mystery novel by Maureen Johnson.Creator/MaureenJohnson. It takes place at Ellingham Academy, a private boarding school meant for high schoolers who are exceptional at one skill. The school is plagued by a 90-year-old mystery concerning the school's founder whose family was suddenly kidnapped in the 1930s. The only real clue was a letter written in the form of a riddle and signed "Truly, Devious."
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The book's sequel ''The Vanishing Stair'' was released on January 22nd, 2019. The third and final book in the trilogy ''The Hand on the Wall'' is set to be released on January 20th, 2020.
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The book's sequel ''The Vanishing Stair'' was released on January 22nd, 2019. The third and final book in the trilogy ''The Hand on the Wall'' is set to be released on January 20th, 21st, 2020.
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* ChildProdigy: A whole school of them!
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* [=TropeTitle=]: List of tropes that are fixtures of the series.
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Truly Devious is a 2018 Young-Adult mystery novel by Maureen Johnson. It takes place at Ellingham Academy, a private boarding school meant for high schoolers who are exceptional at one skill. The school is plagued by a 90-year-old mystery concerning the school's founder whose family was suddenly kidnapped in the 1930s. The only real clue was a letter written in the form of a riddle and signed "Truly, Devious."
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Truly Devious is a 2018 Young-Adult mystery novel by Maureen Johnson. It takes place at Ellingham Academy, a private boarding school meant for high schoolers that are exceptional at one skill. However, there's a 90-year-old mystery concerning the school's founder whose family was suddenly kidnapped in the 1930s. This is where true-crime enthusiast Stevie Bell comes in. When starting her first year, Stevie is determined to solve this mystery, and fortunately for her, the primary suspect, the writer of a riddle sent to the school's founder, has suddenly returned.
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Truly Devious is a 2018 Young-Adult mystery novel by Maureen Johnson. It takes place at Ellingham Academy, a private boarding school meant for high schoolers that who are exceptional at one skill. However, there's The school is plagued by a 90-year-old mystery concerning the school's founder whose family was suddenly kidnapped in the 1930s. The only real clue was a letter written in the form of a riddle and signed "Truly, Devious."
This is where true-crime enthusiast Stevie Bell comes in. When starting her first year, Stevie is determined to solve this mystery, and fortunately for her,the primary suspect, the writer of a riddle sent to the school's founder, Truly Devious has suddenly returned.
This is where true-crime enthusiast Stevie Bell comes in. When starting her first year, Stevie is determined to solve this mystery, and fortunately for her,
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* The guidelines for listing show-level tropes apply to this list, too. Alphabetical by trope title.
* List of tropes that are only seen in a single episode or a small handful of episodes.
* Tropes ''about'' episodes, like BottleEpisode, are prime examples.
* This list may also include tropes relating to a secondary or tertiary character or location.
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