Genre: Mystery & Detective

IN THE COMPANY OF KILLERS By Elora Cook

Short and Sweet Review In the Company of Killers follows our main character Tasha as she navigates becoming the new Mob Boss after the death of her father and older sister. Tasha just thought the Nicastro name was powerful but it isn’t until another Mob kills her father and sister that she learns what was […]

HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER By Justine Pucella Winans

Short and Sweet Review Satterville is known for the Wolfman and the two massacres that occurred. The first one at a summer camp where a few camp counselors made it out alive. The second time with a copycat killer who went after the counselors who lived. That’s where CJ comes in she was at the […]

WHEN THE BONES SING By Ginny Myers Sain

Short and Sweet Review Dovie lives in the small town of Lucifer’s Creek, Arkansas, tucked away in the Ozark Mountains. A lot of people have gone missing on the hiking trails and their disappearances are a mystery one minute they’re there and the next their bones are buried. That’s where Dovie comes in, eventually the […]

THE OTHERWHERE POST By Emily J. Taylor

Short and Sweet Review Seven years ago Maeve’s life was upended, she lost her father, her home, and even the ability to use her name. A monster was unleashed and Maeve’s father was blamed which caused her to become collateral damage. Maeve gets a letter saying that her father was innocent but that letter came […]

LAIR OF DREAMS By Libba Bray

Short and Sweet Review Lair of Dreams picks up soon after where The Diviners left off. Now that people know that diviners exist things are different. Evie is living it up at different hotels throwing parties and she’s also on a radio show using her gifts to help people. Not all of the diviners are […]

NEEDY LITTLE THINGS By Channelle Desamours

Short and Sweet Review Sariyah has a unique ability to hear the needs of those around her, and the only people who know about her ability are her family and her best friend Malcolm. Sariyah, Malcolm, Deja, and Jude go to a music festival, and Deja ends up going missing. Earlier that day Sariyah fulfilled […]

THE MEADOWBROOK MURDERS By Jessica Goodman

Short and Sweet Review It’s the first week of senior year, and Amy and her roommate plan on making the most of it. After having a fight at a party Amy and Sarah separate and do their own thing the rest of the night. When Amy gets up the next morning she finds Sarah and […]

BAD DREAMS By R.L. Stine

Short and Sweet Review Maggie, her mom and sister just moved into a new house. The previous owner left bed a canopy bed which Maggie and her sister Andrea fight over, but Maggie ultimately gets to keep the bed. After her first night sleeping in the bed Maggie has a nightmare about a girl being […]

IF YOU CAN HEAR THIS By Faith Gardner

Short and Sweet Review Posey and her father just moved to the small town of Wild Pines. Posey immediately knows she wants to join the high schools AV Club, what she didn’t realize is that the other members of the club aren’t as motivated as she is. When the club’s sponsor Ms. Moses goes missing, […]