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and The Winter of the Witch are the others, and I think Arden's stories get even stronger as the series The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger is a wonderful historical fiction mystery and love I also listed this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You . Novik is also the author of the Scholomance series: A Deadly Education , The Last Graduate , and The I feel compelled to also mention that Novik has a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series

her complicated family and in the world, Vera, or Faith ; I'm reading Steve Cavanagh's twisty revenge mystery Publishing Group and NetGalley. 02 Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh In Steve Cavanagh's twisty mystery This is the first mystery I've read by Steve Cavanagh.

lives in two eras and forced to choose; and I'm reading The Box in the Woods, a stand-alone young adult mystery from Maureen Johnson that features smart, determined Stevie Bell from the Truly Devious series--and time travel. 03 The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson The Box in the Woods is another young adult mystery Johnson's Truly Devious series offers dark scenes, wicked mystery, blossoming attraction, loyal friendships Maureen Johnson also wrote the young adult Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's

The man, who reveals that he was called Good Stab by his family and friends, appears mysteriously in insists on confessing to the pastor, and his story grows increasingly haunting as he recounts a harrowing series

In Steelstriker, the second and final book in the series, the last free nation in the world has been here for my review of Adrienne Young's Fable, and click here for my review of the second book in the series Road. 06 The Becoming by Nora Roberts The second installment in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series In The Awakening, the first book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic In book two of the series, Breen Siobhan Kelly is coming into her own.

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 also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Course of All Treasons (mentioned in the Greedy Reading I looove a historical fiction mystery. If you do too, you might want to check out Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

For the Tween Mystery Fan 04 The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell Along with The chance, I'll be giving a certain someone this 2025 title, described as " a whimsical, adventure-filled mystery But the place is filled with young ladies solving mysteries, protecting the city, and fighting bad guys Judith Rossell is also the author of the Stella Montgomery series.

He's kind of cute but seriously strange. I loved this smart, funny young adult book--the first in a series--complete with Chinese folklore, a

Eowyn Ivey is masterful at intertwining fantastical elements with the grounding of the vivid details of the World explores desperate survival, indigenous peoples' connection to the natural world, and mysterious When we are young, we consume the world in great gulps, and it consumes us, and everything is mysterious

There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl, which I haven't yet read, and backdrop for a mystery that shakes a small community. It isn't a police procedural; this is a starkly beautiful book that happens to have a mystery at its I also listed Disappearing Earth in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year. When we are young, we consume the world in great gulps, and it consumes us, and everything is mysterious

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Lisa Gardner's newest Frankie Elkin missing-person mystery, Still Our Yesterdays; and I'm listening to Kirsten Bakis's gothic novel set on a cold, remote island with mysterious But her current mission is a first for Frankie: to find the long-missing sister of a convicted serial Warren, the FBI Profilers, and the PI Tessa Leoni series. 02 All Our Yesterdays: A Novel of Lady Macbeth

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 .

full review of The Names. 05 The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr Carr's newest novel is a captivating series As the community wonders at his mysterious, whimsical appearance, they embrace Brendan, as he is ultimately Click here   for my full review of The Boy from the Sea . 06 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Mysteries When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest There are mysteries at the center of the story, but for me this was a captivating, atmospheric dive into

protagonist may or may not have murdered her best friend and is tracked down by a podcast investigating the mystery a mysterious slip of paper that details how many days she will spend with that person. 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

This mystery hit the spot for me. earned her place, and the behind-the-scenes gears that begin to turn and are instrumental in solving the mystery

I really enjoyed Alex White's Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in the Salvagers series Yume Kitasei I loved the futuristic space-mission capabilities, smart and strong all-woman crew, the mystery Asuka must find the real culprit before accusations surrounding the mystery destroy her. Yume Kitasei offers plot and mystery, but this is primarily a wonderfully character-driven story--with She's been cobbling together enough to get by, but when a mysterious draw to the spooky Starling House

01 The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells You can click the links here to find my full Bossy reviews The Murderbot series is funny and poignant and odd and wonderful. Click here for my glowing reviews of the first three books in this series and click here for my reviews Then I remembered that this was the first in a series and that the story would continue past the final The next books in this series are Waking Gods and Only Human , and I enjoyed them both.

read (during daylight hours only) Caroline Fraser's painstaking accounts of the shockingly numerous serial I lied to myself about how much horrifying material I could stomach--and how much more disturbing I would Murderland focuses on Ted Bundy and other serial killers of his era (for example, the I-5 Killer, the Fraser notes that serial killers in the US grew from 40 in the 1940s to 300 or more in the 1980s. her turns of phrase are insightful and often poetic, which helped me continue reading the difficult material

Sara Holland is also the author of the Everless and Havenfall series. 02 Volatile Memory (Volatile Memory When she catches wind of a valuable, mysterious piece of technology on another planet, she banks on her

01 Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. This was like a Secret Garden for grown-ups, with intertwined, mysterious stories from 1900, 1975, and Can a person’s character or morality be decided in a moment, or in a series of defining moments? I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year.

01 The Summer War by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik is one of my very favorite authors, and I'm excited to read Novik has also written the Temeraire series of nine fantastic books about dragons, their riders, their When a neighbor dies mysteriously, Cordelia's mother insists they leave town in the middle of the night Kingfisher/Vernon is a prolific author who has published many standalone novels as well as multiple series

When a neighbor in their rural (seemingly English but unspecified) town dies mysteriously, Cordelia's Kingfisher/Vernon is a prolific author who has published many standalone novels as well as multiple series

aftermath of World War I in this irresistible first installment of Winspear's 18-book historical fiction series Maisie Dobbs begins Winspear's series as a thirteen-year-old servant in a Belgravia mansion, but Maisie The mystery of the book centers around a post-war haven for soldiers mentally and physically harmed by Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You. The beginning of the book moves quite slowly, which is fitting for the decadent, ongoing series of lavish

Then a mysterious stranger arrives--seemingly drawn by her wavering between life and death--and promises For a more playful take on vampires, check out Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series; you can read I plan to finish this great series at some point. For a very different take, you might check out The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, in which vampires mainly serve as catalysts for change.

01 The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek Henry Thornton is a railroad magnate and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary Five years later, the crown reappears--spurring more mystery and questions than answers. young-adult author, shy Helen is excited to be part of the adaptation of her work into a television series

Frances White's debut is a locked-room mystery on a magical ship full of uncertain alliances, deadly If you're interested in other Bossy reviews of fantasy mysteries I've enjoyed, check out the titles at

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.

IA series of elaborate falsifications, outrageous subterfuge, and outright lies creates a tangled web Three days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her rescue and The Last Child appears in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year. John Hart has also written many other books, including The Hush, the second in the Johnny Merrimon series Hart has written many other books, including The Hush, which is the second in the Johnny Merrimon series

There's a book of short stories; one nonfiction book; a memoir; an atmospheric, mysterious novel; historical rom-com with a historical fiction element; a story about music and sisters told in two timelines; a mystery that's full of surprises; and a historical fiction mystery. Then their run abruptly ended, and for the public, the reasons for their breakup were a mystery. Famous Last Words  is another smart, twisty mystery from Gillian McAllister.

I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , an art-focused historical fiction mystery in two timelines; I'm reading The Tainted Cup , a fascinating fantasy-science-fiction mystery by Robert The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , Ellery Lloyd offers a gorgeously wrought historical fiction mystery I'm very much enjoying Lloyd's writing style and structure so far.

Gothic-feeling multi-timeline work of literary fiction; magical realism and time travel; and a captivating mystery I listened to the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, The Adventures Then a mysterious, wealthy matriarch preys upon Amina's need for funds--and her desire for one final, I am alllll in on this series and can't wait for the second installment. Kim's missing-person novel is a mystery and is structured around the discovery and exploration of what

Naomi Novik is one of my very favorite authors, and The Summer War is her recently published novella. centuries-old war her people have waged against the ruthless summerlings--and the ferocious grudges those mysterious I don't read very many novellas, and regarding Novik and her rich world-building, charming supporting Novik has also written the Temeraire series of nine fantastic books about dragons, their riders, their

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. Catherine Newman is also the author of Sandwich (one of My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads ), We All

in a female-only boarding house in 1950s, McCarthy-era Washington, D.C., bookended by the story of a mysterious considerable talent for bringing history to life by tackling the McCarthy era--in what feels like a very The Briar Club is bookended by a mysterious murder.

I'm getting ready to begin reading the third installment in Naomi Novik's Scholomance series and I realized boast forces Miryem into a position of meeting the tsar's impossible challenge, she finds that the mysterious Check out my reviews of Lessons One and Two in the Scholomance series, A Deadly Education and The Last

Medard's Bay was also the center of a media whirlwind in the early 1980s following the mysterious death The reclusive author Cate Kay has written a bestselling trilogy (which is about to be made into a series

I listened to the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, The Adventures Then a mysterious, wealthy matriarch preys upon Amina's need for funds--and her desire for one final, I am alllll in on this series and can't wait for the second installment.

the length of their lives, The Measure; and I'm reading the first in Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series In Nikki Erlick's debut novel, one morning, each adult around the world receives a mysterious box with But Purity, Maine, has drawn multiple former intelligence agents (the "martini club" in the series title

There are additional books in the Sarah Agnes Prine series: Sarah's Quilt and The Star Garden, neither Carson is also the author of the Fire and Thorns series, four young adult fantasy books plus related

The only thing that isn't a lie is her mysterious ability to instinctually, instantaneously heal others Centuries-old resentments and conflicts threaten to bubble up into war--and Nahri and Dara's arrival only serves Chakraborty is also the author of the wonderful novel The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi , the first in the series

Carr's newest novel is a captivating series of character studies within a tightly knit Irish seaside As the community wonders at his mysterious, whimsical appearance, they embrace Brendan, as he is ultimately

behind-the-scenes World War II British codebreaking of Nazi messages, along with a rich back story and mysterious Lizzie finds a secret notebook of her mother's, she becomes more determined than ever to solve the mystery

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

A series of elaborate falsifications, outrageous subterfuge, and outright lies creates a tangled web In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something There are two mysteries surrounding the Turner Tragedy: the whodunit aspect and the unexplained disappearance This is a long (it's almost 550 pages), winding story with complicated connections and mysterious motivations Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of family--those you

, Adam Hamdy's twisty mystery about interconnected characters. author, a respectable citizen, and a disgraced police officer are intertwined through connections to a series of mysterious deaths.

Reading Now I'm reading the seventh installment in Martha Wells's fantastic science fiction Murderbot series Schwab's return to the world of the Shades of Magic series (Kell! Delilah Bard! new characters!) System Collapse, we catch up with the delightfully grumpy Murderbot, who in this seventh book in the series The first two books in the Shades of Magic series are A Darker Shade of Magic and A Gathering of Shadows In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide decides to open her mysterious

I loved this book and am eagerly awaiting another in this series from Walschots. Anna is a hench. 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 camp; and winds it all through our middle-aged heroines' satisfying solving of a disturbing set of mysteries Nessa, Jo, and Harriet work together and use their newfound abilities to try to solve the mystery of

newest fiction, described as an Appalachian David Copperfield; and I'm reading Rachel Hawkins's upcoming mystery I loved Raybourn's A Curious Beginning, the first in her Veronica Speedwell series, which I can't wait The Villa is gothic suspense set at an Italian villa, where dark mystery and wicked turns abound.

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