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- Review of Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is In Williams's historical fiction mystery, which skips back and forth in time, four years later, Iris's
- Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
White's And I Darken, the first book in her Conquerer's Saga series, has a cover that to me evokes fantasy This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph, Mortal relationship growth. 04 The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black The Folk of the Air is a young adult fantasy Have you read any or all of these magical young adult mysteries related to royalty?
- Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You
Witch by Chris Bohjalian Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched, witchy, historical thriller with fantastic Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical fiction thriller with fantastic details of the dark humor and unexpected details, and the exchanges between El and Orion (and El and everyone) were fantastic In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy novel The Nature of Witches, witches control the weather
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/3/23 Edition
newest book by Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy, to be published April 4; I'm reading a young adult fantasy
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
of essays about joy and wonder; The Survivors, Jane Harper's newest Australia-set, character-driven mystery Her mysteries are set in Australia, and she makes me care about her characters while keeping me guessing When a fresh tragedy occurs, it brings the pain and terrible mystery of years past swirling back to wreak Novik also wrote the fantastic Spinning Silver and Uprooted, both of which appear on the Greedy Reading incredible genetic cloning advancements--but people have noticed that her husband has recently been mysteriously
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition
Reading Now I'm reading Paper & Blood, Kevin Hearne's second and final book in his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy Paper & Blood is a quirky, lighthearted fantasy with entertaining pop culture references, copious Scottish
- Review of The Maid by Nita Prose
Prose offers a surprising amount of heart and a unique main protagonist in this lighthearted murder mystery The lighthearted aspect of this mystery reminds me a little bit of Finley Donovan Is Killing It, but
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. For my full review, check out Exiles. 02 The Wife and the Widow by Christian White White's twisty mystery This was like a Secret Garden for grown-ups, with intertwined, mysterious stories from 1900, 1975, and For my full review, check out Only Killers and Thieves. 06 The Lost Man by Jane Harper Harper's mysteries I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/21 Edition
I've got a mysterious story with an unreliable narrator and an imagined nationwide hubbub (a la "baby Jessica" and the well), the third and final book in a captivating fantasy trilogy, and a lighter fiction
- Review of The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Dave offers unexpected twists and turns and complex relationships in this great mystery. Laura Dave sets up a well-rounded, fascinating mystery; Hannah and Bailey are pushed to work together Another recent mystery I enjoyed was Who Is Maud Dixon? Click here for my review. You can always search by category on the blog; to see posts tagged as Mystery, click here and take a
- Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play
- Review of The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
through India, New York, family and romantic relationships, and career false starts, with missteps, mysterious The situations around relationships and life choices are often messy, complex, mystifying, and frustrating Current-day conflicts link to generational trauma, storytelling, and mysterious power.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/7/23 Edition
mystery about race and history from David Joy, Those We Thought We Knew; I'm listening to the third book in Deanna Raybourn's wonderful Victorian England mystery series, A Treacherous Curse; and I'm reading The Deep Sky, Yume Kitasei's recent science fiction thriller about a deep space expedition and a mysterious Clever Veronica and gruff Stoker will need to unravel the mystery of an ancient curse and sort out the Asuka must find the real culprit before accusations surrounding the mystery destroy her.
- Review of The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
tragedy of Flora's disappearance), anyone who might have been connected to Flora's disappearance, and the mysterious
- Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories
Katherine Arden finishes out the trilogy in typical mesmerizing fashion, with her usual masterful balance multimillion-copy bestselling book (or the Tony award-winning Broadway musical based upon it, or the fantastic made it even more rich. 04 Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin The first book in Mahurin's young adult fantasy
- Review of Nothing Like the Movies (Better Than the Movies #2) by Lynn Painter
But Liz, who is often embedded with the baseball team to gather footage and social media material, isn't But for me, the story didn't support these romantic, sexy fantasies--I remained somewhat irritated by
- Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You
Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical fiction thriller with fantastic details of the dark humor and unexpected details, and the exchanges between El and Orion (and El and everyone) were fantastic Grown-Ups Will Love. 06 The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy
- Review of The Survivors by Jane Harper
This is my favorite Harper mystery so far. On the Tasmanian coast, characters explore loss and grief and the swirling mysteries surrounding long-ago Her mysteries are set in Australia, and she makes me care about her characters while keeping me guessing When a fresh tragedy occurs, it brings the pain and terrible mystery of years past swirling back to wreak
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/17/23 Edition
Happy Place, scheduled for release April 25; and I'm reading the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult fantasy
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/17/25 Edition
during the Dust Bowl, The Antidote ; and I'm listening to Gillian McAllister's newest twisty, smart mystery Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries 03 Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister Famous Last Words is another smart, twisty mystery from Gillian
- Review of Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage
For example, his fantasies upon seeing her wearing red lipstick take an instantaneous, (for me) alarmingly
- Review of I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang
rom-com I Hope This Doesn't Find You here and my review of Liang's young-adult historical fiction fantasy
- Review of Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Jess Kidd offers a creepy, dark mystery tale gloriously steeped in details of Victorian London and seedy Various depraved and frighteningly cruel characters help drive the story of Things in Jars and add to the mystery Oh, and a mysterious, dangerous, but tragic child-creature-mermaid necessitates detective work and a In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of Victorian London, which I love, within a creepy mystery liked recently was A Curious Beginning, and it shares some of these elements of historical fiction, mystery
- Review of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls #1) by Hank Green
featuring unorthodox friendships, the frightening power of social media, the emergence of alien life, and mysterious able to communicate with the Carls--thereby becoming the spokesperson for a movement to protect the mysterious With funny, heartwarming, heartbreaking, fantastically bizarre elements; imperfect and wonderful friendships
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
In Fugitive Telemetry, Murderbot attempts to solve the mystery of a murder--while generally annoyed and Cosby's Razorblade Tears, two men are coping with the tragic, violent, mysterious deaths of their married I loved his gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six In this second and final book in Bardugo's young adult fantasy King of Scars duology, Nikolai, Zoya,
- Review of The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick
A mysterious therapy center lies in the California desert, and its services are free, but they're only But participation requires traveling to California, consenting to receiving mysterious, purportedly helpful
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
; The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave's great mystery that offers unexpected (but not manipulative) McManus's great, character-driven sequel to her young adult mystery One of Us Is Lying; and The Great behind looming secrets whose answers her mother took to her grave, establishes the link between the mysteries Laura Dave sets up a well-rounded, fascinating mystery; Hannah and Bailey are pushed to work together McManus Last year, in McManus's great young adult mystery One of Us Is Lying, the Bayview Four cut through
- Review of Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
mention that the essence of his story remained intact through years and "a million" versions (including a fantasy #LGBTQ, #youngadult, #mysterysuspense, #dysfunctionalfamily, #twostarbookreview
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/28/25 Edition
trilogy, Akata Witch , Noor , Remote Control , and other works. 03 The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick A mysterious without debilitating sorrow, but participating requires traveling to California, consenting to receiving mysterious
- Review of Fallen: A Novel of Suspense by Linda Castillo
Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the resolution of the mystery coming, and I was Brutal violence is at the heart of the mystery--and there's enough bashing people over the head that But Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the mystery's resolution coming, and I was
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/29/25 Edition
justice, Heart, Be at Peace ; I'm listening to the 31-hour audiobook of the latest Cormoran Strike mystery I'm reading the newest in the Cormoran Strike mystery series, in which a dismembered body and Freemason
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/8/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery that plays with time, Wrong one of my favorite authors, Claire Keegan; and I'm listening to Janice Hallett's unreliable narrator mystery 01 Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Things Like These. 03 The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett Janice Hallett's The Twyford Code explores a mysterious he's out of prison and mainly resists sinking back into illegal habits...but he's got a hunch that the mystery
- Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads
The Autoboyography dialogue is fantastic and witty but feels effortless and like it comes from actual This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. an immensely readable book rich in period detail, great dialogue, and satisfying elements of love, mystery
- Review of The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious #2) by Maureen Johnson
ICYMI: The second in Johnson's young adult mystery series offers growing friendships, determined sleuthing Stevie Bell solved one mystery last year--the mystery of her murdered classmate. But just as she's pulling closer to solving the original mystery that drew her to Ellingham Academy ( And far from forgetting about the decades-old mysteries of Ellingham Academy, Stevie is more obsessed She kept me hooked and moved things along while not making me feel mystery-manipulated.
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
, Roaring Twenties-set historical fiction, postapocalyptic fiction, and the newest in a young adult mystery review of The Light Pirate. 03 The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious #4) by Maureen Johnson The fourth mystery The Box in the Woods is another smart, funny, intriguing young adult mystery from Maureen Johnson. here for my full review of Tell Me an Ending. 05 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson Atkinson's newest mystery by the intersection of Gwendolyn and Ma Coker's golden child, her eldest son Niven--along with the mystery
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/14/23 Edition
He lays bare some of the mysteries of college admissions--aiming to offer some sanity to those of us Thomas A Study in Scarlet Women was the first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery Lady Ingram is seeking confidential answers to the mystery of the disappearance of someone revealed as client and her duty to reveal the hurtful truth to her friend as she dives into solving this complicated mystery
- Review of The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
This is an engaging and quick read, and the old-fashioned mystery stories within the story are intriguing The murder mystery stories were written decades before the book's present-day events take place and are There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder mystery The mystery stories within the story are intriguing, and I loved paying attention to their varied structures #mysterysuspense, #booksaboutbooks, #gothicnoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/25/23 Edition
listening to the fifth installment in Deanna Raybourn's irresistible Veronica Speedwell Victorian-era mystery Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries Raybourn is masterful at providing a captivating main character with depth and flaws; a tantalizing attraction characters, and dialogue that makes me laugh out loud--all set against the backdrop of a Victorian-age mystery In this fifth book of the series, Veronica and Stoker become involved in a mystery involving a house
- Review of Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo
Rule of Wolves is the second and final book in Bardugo's young adult fantasy King of Scars duology. her inconvenient romantic feelings for Nikolai (and vice versa) and begins to come to terms with the mysterious
- Review of Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) by Emiko Jean
But she quickly realized that being a princess involved responsibility, political maneuvering, and mysterious The details of princess life, privilege, and pressures are fun and fantastic, including elaborate clothing
- Review of Long Bright River by Liz Moore
her sister Kacey disappears and a string of murders rock the community, Mickey's need to solve the mystery disappears and a string of murders rock the community, everyone is suspect and Mickey's desire to solve the mystery I like a mystery that makes me care about the characters and doesn't foreshadow too much. #mysterysuspense, #siblings, #dysfunctionalfamily, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
In Razorblade Tears, two men are coping with the tragic, violent, mysterious deaths of their married I loved last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made
- Review of A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti
When Jaryk learns that his like-a-brother friend Misha from his childhood orphanage has died under mysterious The unlikely Jaryk-Lucy connection captured my heart, the Misha-Jaryk friendship was fantastic, and Chakrabarti's
- Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long
The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes
- Review of Sarahland: Stories by Sam Cohen
darkly funny, and the situations range from that of a Sarah who is being paid to act out necrophilia fantasies
- Review of The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly by Meredith Tate
The mystery moves along at a nice clip, with Ivy and her loyal friends making plucky efforts to uncover sister Autumn has been emotionally closed off since their mother died and has become involved in a mysterious The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly is a young adult mystery, and the main protagonists are high schoolers The mystery moves along at a nice clip, with Ivy and her wonderfully loyal friends making plucky efforts Greedy Reading List Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/20 Edition, as well as in Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My Bossy takes on more great reads are to come--but I do have some fantastic July favorites to share melded into another: young friendship, serial killer, outlaw search, small-town intrigue, and longtime mysteries But a young, half-feral female student and a shockingly unorthodox widow both seem to hold mysterious act as a Hollywood movie star, linking the story's two timelines and revealing long-held secrets and mysteries
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
month: two historical fiction stories, gothic magical realism, science fiction, a character-driven mystery , and yet another of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell Victorian mysteries. American Girl by Wendy Walker This is another whodunit winner from Wendy Walker: a character-driven mystery She's been cobbling together enough to get by, but when a mysterious draw to the spooky Starling House In A Murderous Relation, Veronica and Stoker become involved in a mystery involving a house of debauchery
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/12/24 Edition
Cosby's Southern small-town murder mystery, All the Sinners Bleed; and I'm reading The Night Tiger author Bao, a detective set on uncovering the mystery of the woman's identity and death, has long been fascinated also the author of The Night Tiger, a title I listed in my Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries
- Review of Deadly Waters by Dot Hutchison
It's a revenge fantasy, but the issues at the heart of the story are real and weighty and important. I imagined that the alligator angle might make for a campy revenge fantasy. And it is revenge fantasy.















































