The cozy, snowy town of New Brunswick, winter, 1777. Mugs are clinking as several sit around the fire. Folks are bustling around to finish tasks, and Abby, the tavern mistress at the Raritan Tavern, is exiting from the Chandler Mercantile only to hear a tirade of shouting, the booming of cannons, and the cracking of wood. Her life is about to change drastically. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Murder by Karen Swee is a book that ninth graders will enjoy because of its plot, its historical basis, and above all, its mystery.
First of all, the plot of the book Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Murder is better than most books because it doesn’t really get boring and also it has a lot of places where tension builds, or where the reader doesn’t …show more content…
A lot of 9th graders love a good and in-depth mystery. A man who is believed to be George Fenton Lee was found dead in one of the tavern rooms. He had a sword impaled straight through his heart, but there were many other clues. A cup of wine, a cup of alcohol that tasted funny, and a silver earring perched on the bed stand, and Abby noticed Lee’s estranged wife was nowhere to be found. Abby obtained a strange packet of letter and an account book hidden in Lee’s saddle bag. The next day British soldier were snooping all over the place and Abby knew why. Abby asked why one of his sword was impaled through Lee’s chest, but Phillips insisted is it wasn’t any of the British soldiers. She quickly open each letter to find out they were from Ben Franklin, and were addressed to famous men, such as Thomas Jefferson. The next day after she hid the letters, she realized they were gone, and a British guard said the only person he saw leaving, was a frail man. The mystery in this book is full of windy turns and things that you wouldn’t exactly expect, which is exactly what a reader looks for in a mystery book. It’s interesting allows the reader to participate and try to discover the
First of all, the plot of the book Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Murder is better than most books because it doesn’t really get boring and also it has a lot of places where tension builds, or where the reader doesn’t …show more content…
A lot of 9th graders love a good and in-depth mystery. A man who is believed to be George Fenton Lee was found dead in one of the tavern rooms. He had a sword impaled straight through his heart, but there were many other clues. A cup of wine, a cup of alcohol that tasted funny, and a silver earring perched on the bed stand, and Abby noticed Lee’s estranged wife was nowhere to be found. Abby obtained a strange packet of letter and an account book hidden in Lee’s saddle bag. The next day British soldier were snooping all over the place and Abby knew why. Abby asked why one of his sword was impaled through Lee’s chest, but Phillips insisted is it wasn’t any of the British soldiers. She quickly open each letter to find out they were from Ben Franklin, and were addressed to famous men, such as Thomas Jefferson. The next day after she hid the letters, she realized they were gone, and a British guard said the only person he saw leaving, was a frail man. The mystery in this book is full of windy turns and things that you wouldn’t exactly expect, which is exactly what a reader looks for in a mystery book. It’s interesting allows the reader to participate and try to discover the