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The Body in the Basement
1997
First Published
3.44
Average Rating
198
Number of Pages

When a body is found buried beneath the café Tasha's parents used to own, the police start looking for a murderer...and their search leads them right to Tasha's father. Tasha's sure he didn't do it. But if he didn't, then who did? Tasha has to find out who the real killer is, but everywhere she turns she uncovers someone else with a secret to hide...

Avg Rating
3.44
Number of Ratings
145
5 STARS
14%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
33%
2 STARS
10%
1 STARS
6%
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Author

Norah McClintock
Norah McClintock
Author · 54 books

Norah McClintock’s fascinating mysteries are hard to put down. Her Chloe & Levesque series, Mike & Riel series, and Robyn Hunter series, all published by Scholastic Canada, have been popular with readers in many countries. Norah has also written several crime novels for reluctant readers in the Orca Soundings series from Orca Book Publishers, Norah is a five-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel. Read Mistaken Identity, The Body in the Basement, Sins of the Father, Scared to Death, and Break and Enter to find out why! Norah's books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and she has won numerous awards. Awards: Arthur Ellis Award - Juvenile o 1996 – Mistaken Identity – Winner o 1998 – The Body in the Basement – Winner o 1999 – Sins of the Father – Winner o 2002 – Scared to Death – Winner o 2003 – Break and Enter – Winner Red Maple Award o 2004 – Hit and Run – Winner

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