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White's twisty mystery is set against the backdrop of an unforgiving winter on an Australian island,

AI, starships, and revenge, Ancillary Justice ; and I'm listening to Maureen Johnson's young adult mystery But everything is upended when a decades-old mystery seems to be the cause of a new friend's aunt's disappearance Maureen Johnson is the author of the six-book Truly Devious young adult mystery series: Truly Devious

Greatest Hits ; I'm listening to Miranda July's All Fours ; and I'm reading Christina Lynch's bighearted mystery Then their run abruptly ended, and for the public, the reasons for their breakup were a mystery. So far this is a cute--at times a little too cute for my taste--mystery that seems sure to be headed

In the fifth installment of the mystery series by Robert Galbraith (J.K. A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious It was nicely paced, and I liked having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's

I loved this summer-camp setting, the slow build of mystery in two timelines, the privilege and working I was intrigued by the mysteries and their layers, which are continually revealed, and while I usually Many mysterious elements are cleared up at the end of the book in satisfying swirls of truth; all the

I listened to The Running Grave, the newest in the mystery series by Robert Galbraith (J. K.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Creation Lake , Rachel Kushner's noir, dark humor mystery; I'm When she meets Bruno, a mysterious figure who trains the young activists, she believes she's manipulating Kushner brings dark humor and noir mystery to the story of Creation Lake .

protagonist may or may not have murdered her best friend and is tracked down by a podcast investigating the mystery Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle Every time Daphne Bell meets a potential love interest, she receives a mysterious Everyone assumes she killed Savvy, and Lucy can't escape the suspicions and resentment surrounding the mysterious do the one thing she swore she'd never do: return to the scene of Savvy's murder to try to solve the mystery overlap, and their challenges intersect when a young boy is taken from the community, culminating in a mysterious

Faulkner's debut mystery is twisty and turny, with various potential bad seeds and complications--and When she alludes to mysterious connections between the women--and a long-ago crime--her persistent presence situations at the heart of the book to be revealed slowly--aren't too convenient, and they add layers to the mystery

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a memoir about coping with chronic illness; a twisty mystery in which people aren't always what they seem; and a young adult mystery with heart, the second in a series was a twentysomething writer in New York City when she began having odd symptoms, terrible pain, and mysterious Laura Dave is setting up a well-rounded, fascinating mystery so far; Hannah and Bailey are pushed to the destructive gossip app taking down reputations and revealing secrets, and they managed to trace a mysterious

But I'm still excited to read Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in When a mysterious prisoner from the front arrives who could be friend or foe, our main protagonist Talin

In his newest book, Wiley Cash offers a mystery and police procedural set in a small Southern town. abandoned airplane are found in his quiet, coastal North Carolina town, Winston must try to unravel the mystery But I really like Cash's character-driven mystery writing, and I'm definitely in for reading his future

In her second fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship review please check out The Favorites . 06 Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister The author of the fantastic Wrong Place, Wrong Time  is back with a smart, twisty mystery that's wonderfully heavy on character Famous Last Words  is another smart, twisty mystery from Gillian McAllister. I loved this smart mystery that relies heavily on character development and mental agility for our narrator

This Woven Kingdom is the first in Tahereh Mafi's fantasy trilogy of the same name.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rachel Hartman's Tess of the Road, fantasy about a headstrong young , Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama; and I'm listening to the first in the prolific Marie Lu's young adult fantasy

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

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.

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.

a beautiful modern classic from a bestselling author who writes about faith and life; and a recent mystery is Alexandra Andrews's first book, and so far the mystery's twists and turns are fantastic.

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.

newest book by Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy, to be published April 4; I'm reading a young adult fantasy

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

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

Reading Lists Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West, Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Davies includes fantastic details of amateur Western exploration that I adored. 04 One for the Blackbird Carson is also the author of the Fire and Thorns series, which is made up of four young adult fantasy

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?

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

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

In 1664, Alouette is the daughter of a master dyer at the famous Gobelin Tapestry Works. The tone and the cozy-magical-mystery focus is so far reminding me of A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping And Rocky is facing a mysterious, possibly grave, illness that doctors find difficult to diagnose.

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

Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play

tragedy of Flora's disappearance), anyone who might have been connected to Flora's disappearance, and the mysterious

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

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

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

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

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

Happy Place, scheduled for release April 25; and I'm reading the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult fantasy

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

For example, his fantasies upon seeing her wearing red lipstick take an instantaneous, (for me) alarmingly

rom-com I Hope This Doesn't Find You   here  and my review of Liang's young-adult historical fiction fantasy

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

; 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

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,

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