Chapter 2
The Unfortunate News
At 7:30 a.m., Jack and Max’s alarm went off. They brushed their teeth, got dressed, and made their way to the lobby as instructed. As soon as they got there, they could tell that something was wrong. Ms. Humphries looked annoyed, and the other students were confused.
PING!
It was Ms. Humphries’s phone. She looked down at the text on her screen.
Jack figured the text was from Miss Murphy.
Through the hotel window, Jack spied at least twenty Irish police cars in front of Trinity College Library.
Jack turned to Daniel.
“What’s going on?” he asked.
Daniel shrugged his shoulders.
One of the lobby staff turned on the TV. There was a female reporter holding a microphone on the screen. She was standing in front of the library with the words BREAKING NEWS beneath her.
“Ireland’s greatest cultural treasure—the Book of Kells—was stolen last night,” she announced. “Authorities are on the scene trying to piece together the clues.”
Jack and the others gasped. Ms. Humphries rolled her eyes. “How inconvenient.” she mumbled.
For Jack the news was more than “inconvenient.” The theft of the Book of Kells was a serious crime. Just as Jack was wondering if he and Max might be assigned to the case, his Watch Phone pinged. As soon as he saw the text, he knew the answer.