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| Author | Alan Gratz |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Horatio Wilkes Mysteries |
| Genre | Teen fiction Mystery |
| Publisher | Dial Books |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 208 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-8037-3216-2 |
| OCLC | 78993285 |
| LC Class | PZ7.G77224 Som 2007 |
| Followed by | Something Wicked |
Something Rotten is thefirst novel of the Horatio Wilkes mystery series byAlan Gratz. It loosely follows the plot ofHamlet byWilliam Shakespeare, but it is modernised and set in the United States.
Horatio Wilkes visits his friend Hamilton Prince for the summer holidays. Hamilton's father just died and his mother remarried - his uncle. The Princes are very rich. They own a paper plant inDenmark, Tennessee. Unfortunately, the plant seems to pollute the Copenhagen River. At least, that's what Hamilton's beautiful ex-girlfriend Olivia says. When Hamilton and Horatio are confronted with a video of Hamilton's recently deceased father who tells them that he has been poisoned, Horatio promises Hamilton to solve the riddle. On his journey solving this riddle he stumbles across some problems. For instance one of the problems he ran into was when he needed help getting information, and clues Hamilton was always intoxicated. And when Hamilton wasn't intoxicated he was rude and antisocial or was sleeping off his hangover.
On March 17, 2011 aGerman language edition of this book was published under the titleEine Lüge ist Nicht Genug. The title was changed in Germany fromSomething Rotten toOne Lie Is Not Enough. This edition was translated by Gerold Anrich and Martina Instinsky-Anrich and was available in both hardcover and eBook formats.[1]