Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary

Written by Wendelin Van Draanen

Book #5 in the Sammy Keyes series

A century-old feud ignites when a cabin burns. Can Sammy solve the mystery?

4.2 Goodreads · 2,268 ratings

272 pages· 57,629 words· Est. 6.5 hour read· 720L

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Bookroo's summary

Sammy Keyes stumbles into a century-old feud when she meets Lucinda Huntley and her pig. As a pioneer cabin burns, Sammy suspects the fire's roots lie in the past, yet the evidence is disturbingly modern. With a shiny gas can at the scene, Sammy must unravel the mystery before history repeats itself. Meanwhile, her personal life is a whirlwind of drama with her love interest Casey, her soap-star mother, and her enigmatic father. Can Sammy piece together the clues before the past consumes the present?

From the publisher

The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!) –Midwest Children’s Book Review When Sammy and her friends meet Lucinda Huntley walking her 200-pound pig down the middle of the road, their quiet weekend in the country quickly becomes an adventure. Lucinda tells them a true tale of the Wild West, her great-grandma Moustache Mary, and a century-old family feud. But this feud is hardly ancient history. Past and present collide–and combust!–when Mary’s pioneer cabin burns to the ground. Sammy thinks the cause of the fire may be a hundred years old, but still, the gas can she finds near the scene of the crime is shiny and new. . . . The Sammy Keyes mysteries are fast-paced, funny, thoroughly modern, and true whodunits. Each mystery is exciting and dramatic, but it’s the drama in Sammy’s personal life that keeps readers coming back to see what happens next with her love interest Casey, her soap-star mother, and her mysterious father.

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