Category Archives: Mystery

Menacing Manor by Kiersten White

Menacing Manor (The Sinister Summer series) by Kiersten White by Delacorte Press, 2023. 9780593570012  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Mystery/Adventure What did you like about the book? Theo, Alexander, and Will … Continue reading

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Back to the Bright Before by Katherin Nolte

Back to the Bright Before by Katherin Nolte. Random House, 2023. 9780593565100  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Mystery/Adventure. What did you like about the book? Perpetua’s once sunny world is now … Continue reading

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Liar’s Beach by Katie Cotugno

Liar’s Beach by Katie Cotugno. Delacorte Press, 2023. 9780593433287 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Mystery What did you like about the book? Having gotten into a prestigious private school in Massachusetts … Continue reading

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The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson.

The Night in Question: An Agathas Mystery by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson. Delacorte Press, 2023. 9780593645833 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Mystery What did you like about the book?  In … Continue reading

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Sherlock Bones and the Case of the Crown Jewels by Tim Collins, illustrated by John Bigwood

Sherlock Bones and the Case of the Crown Jewels by Tim Collins, illustrated by John Bigwood. Buster Books, 2022. 9781780557502 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Paperback Genre: Mystery What did you like about … Continue reading

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Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans. Clarion Books, 2023. 9780358721642  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Mystery / Romance What did you like about the book? Bianca Torre … Continue reading

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Sherlock Bones and the Curse of the Pharoah’s Mask by Tim Collins, illustrated by John Bigwood

Sherlock Bones and the Curse of the Pharoah’s Mask by Tim Collins, illustrated by John Bigwood. Buster Books, 2022. 9781780557519 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Paperback Genre: Mystery What did you like about … Continue reading

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Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith. Candlewick Press, 2023. 9781536218602 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Mystery What did you like about the book? After turning down a leading role in The … Continue reading

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Royal Blood by Aimée Carter

Royal Blood by Aimée Carter. Delacorte Press, 2023. 9780593485897 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction [?], mystery What did you like about the book?  Is it realistic fiction if the … Continue reading

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Turtles of the Midnight Moon by María José Fitzgerald

Turtles of the Midnight Moon by María José Fitzgerald. Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 9780593488706 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Magical realism/Mystery What did you like about the book? There are so … Continue reading

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