By The Book Reviews

Author: Alan Gratz

Pages: 264

Horatio Wilkes is back and this time he is at a Scottish Highland Fair with his best friend Mac and Mac’s cousin and annoying girlfriend. When the foursome get to the mountain where the games are held, Beth, Mac’s girlfriend, convinces them all of to visit a fortune-teller. Unfortunately, the fortune-teller gives them a lot more than they came for. When Mac and Beth start getting more and more hyped up about the fortune-teller’s message, Horatio finds himself spending less and less time with them and not really minding all that much.

But when Horatio finds Duncan, the games founder who also happens to be Mac’s grandfather, dead in his tent things really start to change. Duncan’s son is the prime suspect but for some reason Horatio isn’t convinced and Mac and Beth start acting really suspicious. Will Horatio be able to find out who killed Duncan? Or will more innocent people be killed in the process?

This book was not something that normally would have caught my attention, but once I started it I couldn’t put it down! The book is based on the story of Macbeth put with a modern and fast-paced twist. This is definitely a book to check out if you like mysteries! You can purchase Something Wicked here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0803736665