The Tontine Caper Spawn if you want to know

if you want to know the truth

has lived much of her life on a tight budget

Lama Lhanang Rinpoche and Mordy Levine encourage readers to forget what they’ve heard about karma and look at the subject afresh

and a darkly funny critique of the horrors of late capitalism and how the stories we're sold about our potential can shape the course of our lives

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,