Who Killed Darius Drake?

Written by Rodman Philbrick

Two outcast boys hunt for hidden jewels and uncover a deadly secret.

3.6 Goodreads · 298 ratings

192 pages· 33,254 words· Est. 4.5 hour read· 710L

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Bookroo's summary

Darius, a brilliant orphan, teams up with school bully Arthur to solve a blood-written threat. Their quest for a lost diamond necklace leads them into a web of danger, revealing that Darius's parents' fatal crash was no accident. As they dig deeper, they must outsmart a lurking murderer. Can they find the jewels before becoming the next targets? This thrilling mystery is packed with suspense and unexpected twists.

From the publisher

From Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick comes a delicious, fast-paced whodunit about two socially outcast boys who set out to find jewels hidden for a century–and unwittingly flush out a murderer.In award-winner Philbrick’s new page-turning mystery, Arthur “Bash Man” is the school thug, paid with candy to bully and threaten other students. When genius orphan Darius Drake employs Arthur to help him discover the origin of a suspicious threat, written in blood, they uncover a mystery that involves Darius’s estranged grandfather, who was imprisoned for forging evidence in a search for a long-lost diamond necklace worth millions. The boys make the dangerous decision to search for the jewels themselves – and in the process, they discover that the car crash that killed Darius’s parents was not an accident at all. Who will be next?Where are the diamonds? And who is stalking the boys? In his first mystery for children, Philbrick delivers yet another suspenseful, unpredictable tale filled with twists and turns that will leave readers breathless.

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