The Tontine Caper Spawn if you want to know

if you want to know the truth

a mirror of its present

It also helps that he's a terrific writer with a real passion for his subject

two lovers trying to find their place in this world

Alina’s only choice is to glue the thing back together

The Tontine Caper Spawn if you want to knowClue meets Knives Out for the younger set in this twisty turny middle grade mystery comedy with delightfully dry humor and impeccable plotting. Eleven year old orphan Nico Lombardi has been unfairly indentured at a remote mountain inn for five years now. Just as he gathers the courage to escape, the inn gets booked by the remaining members of a tontine, an investment scheme where a cash prize is awarded to whomever lives the longest. In other words,