The mystery moves along at a nice clip, with Ivy and her loyal friends making plucky efforts to uncover the truth to save Autumn.

The beautifully complementary, mismatched partnership between Devlin and Falco was my favorite aspect of the book.

01 A Star Is Bored Byron Lane 02 The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly Meredith Tate 03 Trust No One Debra Webb

These were all so good and so different--they were my favorites from 2019, in the general order of when I read them.

I read this young adult mystery in a day, it was so good. Pippa and Ravi are great characters--I'll definitely read the others in the series

This is a spooky, atmospheric, gothic Victorian ghost story perfect for the season.

Deadly Waters was not the book I thought it was going to be. It's a revenge fantasy, but the issues at the heart of the story are weighty.

What I'm reading 9/22/20: 01 Deadly Waters 02 Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook 03 The Silent Companions

Some aspects of Surrender Your Sons felt deeply real and intimate, but I couldn't get past the details that didn't fit.

01 I Killed Zoe Spanos I'll admit that this cover hooked me at first look, but the premise of this story is similarly irresistible. Anna...

This is an engaging and quick read, and the mystery stories within the story are intriguing.

Bug is forced to consider what loyalty means, and he must face a potentially dark path ahead.

A compelling Gothic suspense story that keeps you guessing.

Kidd offers a creepy, dark mystery gloriously steeped in details of Victorian London and seedy, sordid characters, and heroes with heart.

In “Hard Cash Valley,” we spend page time with small-time drug dealers, cockfighting masterminds, Filipino gangsters, and crooked police.

Veronica is a strong and unorthodox main protagonist who finds herself entangled in a dangerous set of circumstances.

Brown kept me happily turning the pages to see who would get what was coming to them. Cross, double-cross! This book really hit the spot....

When old college friends are snowed in, truths begin to come out and uncomfortable confrontations erupt.

The final book in Maureen Johnson's young adult Truly Devious trilogy wraps up the story, but I missed the earlier books' banter.

Wrobel supplies Münchausen syndrome by proxy, lies, betrayals, and double-crossing, within a claustrophobic mother-daughter relationship.