Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.6
Points
17.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
106655
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
312
Points per Page
0.054487
Series
Phyllis Whitney Mysteries
Description
Carol Hamilton flees to the Palm Springs retreat of her great-aunt Monica Arlen, where she decides to write a book about Monica. Not realizing that digging into the past is going to break open old and terrible secrets that set the stage for murder.