Camp Murder - Sophie McKenzie

The second in the Murder Academy series sees Georgia, Wren and Billy heading to summer camp along with some of the other students from Milfield Academy. However, on their first full day one of the other camp mates dies falling from the starting platform of the zip wire. The police quickly declare it an accident but Georgia and her friends aren't convinced. Determined to get to the bottom of what really happened, they quietly begin their own investigation but can they uncover the truth before their own lives are put in danger?

Still reeling from the death of Mr Truckle, the teacher whose murder they solved in the first book, the friends are looking forward to some time enjoying themselves in nature, but that doesn't last long. And things aren't helped by the fact that everybody has had to hand over their mobile phones when the arrived at camp. As clues and evidence begin to emerge, the list of suspects grows and needs to be narrowed down but that proves tricky.  

There's also the small matter of the fact that Shelley-Ann announces that her gran's older sister disappeared from the camp nearly fifty years earlier.  Is there a link between the two events?

Like Lessons In Death (you can read my review here), this is a great book that will keep readers guessing. It would make a great class read along (but maybe not before an outward bound residential!) or the perfect summer holiday read.

A camp set on the edge of a forest, virtually no phone signal (and phones confiscated), a spooky water tower looming in the distance, an unsolved murder ... Camp Murder is a gripping book that will keep readers guessing.  I wonder what's in store for the friends next!