A family reunion turns deadly.
When Boston library curator Kathryn Stinson reconnects with her estranged mother during a visit to the Berkshires, she's pulled into a new family circle at a secluded private academy.
The weekend takes a dark turn when the teenage son Kathryn's new sister-in-law is found dead beneath a forbidden zipline, a place he had no reason to be. As doubts mount about whether his death was an accident or murder, the boy's mother turns to Kathryn for help.
A tense, atmospheric mystery, WILDCAT ACADEMY is the fourth book in the Berkshire Hilltown Mysteries series by Leslie Wheeler. (Summary via Goodreads)
Wildcat Academy is the fourth book in the Berkshire Hilltown Mystery series by Leslie Wheeler. In this series main character Kathryn Stinson spends her weeks working in Boston as a library curator while her weekends are spent in the house she rents in the Berkshire. She also spends her weekend time with her boyfriend Earl who lives up the mountain a bit.
However, in Wildcat Academy Kathryn is spending time with her mother, her mother's husband Bob and his daughter Skylar. The family is visiting from California to spend parent's weekend with Skylar's son, Tigran who is attending Wildcat Academy.
Unfortunately, when they arrive to the school to shadow Tig and see how he spends his time, he is not there. When they finally persuade the school officials to conduct a search, they find him dead at the zipline course. This brings up a lot of questions especially seeing as Tig would never go up on the zipline as he is afraid of heights.
Since the school and the police do not seem to have any answers and the investigation isn't going anywhere, Skylar asks Kathryn to help her look into Tig's death. This could be difficult with Skylar in California and Kathryn in Boston during the week, but Skylar is in a deep state of grief that Kathryn cannot say no.
Things get really dangerous when Skylar comes back and is adamant about finding out what happened to her son ... putting herself and Kathryn in a scary situation .....
Readers will love this series and this fourth book. Wheeler knows how to draw you into the story so much so that you will want to spend your weekends in the Berkshires.
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