"Schools should not be famous for murders... Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim or either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All at the exact moment of Stevie's greatest triumph... She knows who truly Devious is. She's solved it. The greatest case of the century. Atleast, she thinks she has. With this latest tragedy, it's hard to concentrate on the past.... Then another accident occurs as a massive storm heads for Vermont. Ellingham Academy is evacuated. Obviously, it's time for Stevie to do something stupid. It's time to stay on the mountain and face the storm -- and a murderer." --from dust jacket.