King of Murder

By Betsy Byars

Book Overview

Together with her best friend and reluctant sidekick, Meat, Herculeah Jones meets a famous mystery author, Mathias King, aka the Murder King. King's novels mirror gruesome, real-life murders, particularly A Slash of Life, which is about an unsolved local stabbing. Some people believe Mathias King isn't making up the details, could he actually be responsible for the crime? Herculeah's sure she can find out. But Meat seems too busy with his new girlfriend to give Herculeah much of a hand. Can Herculeah solve this mystery on her own, or will Meat's dating be this sleuth's downfall?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142407593
• ISBN13: 9780142407592
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

It was great

King of Murder is a great mytery. The king of Murder is about Herculeah Jones and her best friend Meat. (His real name is Albert but Herculeah calls him Meat as a nickname) An author in the book Mathias King writes murder mysteries such as slash of life and sip of death. Herculeah is suspicious of him people read his books and say "It's almost like he really committed the murder". During the book Herculeah has to go through secret passageways, Meeting new people, and solving a crime. I think this is one of Betsy Byars best. You think you have solved the case but then it takes a turn and you find out you are completely wrong. I was so surprised about the ending. While I was reading it I couldn't put it down. I'm a slow reader but I read this book so fast because I liked it so much. So in the end I really liked this book.