In chapter 9 the people post signs in the elevator: 1) Sydelle wants her copy of the will returned. 2) Grace will offer a reward for her lost cross. 3) Someone stole Turtle's Mickey Mouse clock 4) Flora lost a pearl necklace, 5) go to the Hoos' restaurant, 6) six more "clues" have been found and Turtle's a brat 6) Judge Ford's having a party that night, and 7) Turtle should be home by 7:30 and 8) that anyone who wants to share clues should meet in the coffee shop.
When Turtle gets home her mother's not there. Grace comes in late and acts nice to Turtle and asks her about the clues but Turtle refuses to tell her anything.
Grace says they should all get ready, and mentions that Mr. Hoo will be catering the party.
Meanwhile, the …show more content…
The bomber uses one of Turtle's candles to light the fuse. Grace advertises the restaurant and starts working there as a hostess. Mr. Hoo pushes his wife into the kitchen, and yells at Doug for coming in late to start working as a busboy. With the exception of Catherine and George, all the players come up to the restaurant for dinner and Grace sits people in unusual combinations. She puts Chris with Sydelle, and they try to come up with their own private jokes. Angela and Theo confide in each other: he wants to be a writer and she wants to be a doctor but neither has the money for school and their families aren’t supportive. When Theo asks her if she'd go back to school if they had the money, Angela doesn't say anything. Judge Ford talks with Flora about her wedding dress shop and the dress she's making for Angela. She says Angela reminds her of Violet Westing. Turtle sits alone at another table listening to the stock report. Grace drags Jake over to her table. Turtle tells her father she knows about him being a bookie. Sydelle gets up to talk to the chef, and Angela gets up to help. Otis comes in and the second bomb goes