When Georges' dad loses his job, his family is forced to sell their home and move into an apartment in the city. Georges is devastated, because he loved that house, and now his mom has to work double shifts to help make ends meet. He doesn't do well with making friends at school, but he meets a new guy, Safer, in his apartment complex. Safer is homeschooled, and has quite a bit of time on his hands. He and Georges start a Spy Club, and decide the man on the 4th floor they call Mr. X might be killing people and carrying them out of the complex in garbage bags.
Rebecca Stead can write. Her characters are layered and real, and there is always a bit of a mystery, or a twist, to her endings. I enjoyed this book for the writing, and I liked the story, but I don't feel like it had the flair of When You Reach Me. Perhaps it's not fair to compare this book to one of her other books, instead of judging it on its own merit, but I can't help it. The twist here wasn't as shocking, or as thought-provoking.
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