Genre: Mystery & Detective

THE DIVINERS By Libba Bray

Short and Sweet Review After Evie shows off a unique trick at a party which isn’t received well by some, she ends up being shipped off from Ohio to stay with her uncle Will in New York. Evie is able to touch objects and see its history. When there’s a string of murders in the […]

DEAD BELOW DECK By Jan Gangsei

Short and Sweet Review Maggie is about to go on a girls trip with her friends, Giselle, Emi, and Viv, on a luxury yacht. Trips are supposed to be fun but when the girls wake up and can’t find Giselle they start to panic, when they watch the security videos they see that Maggie pushed […]

IN WANT OF A SUSPECT By Tirzah Price

Short and Sweet Review Lizzie has finally earned her place at Longbourn and as the first female solicitor she’s able to take cases that keep her busy and on occasion able to see Darcy. Lizzie goes to consult with a client but on arrival she finds that his warehouse was set on fire and his […]

THE CHAMPIONS By Kara Thomas

Short and Sweet Review It’s been eleven years since Monica solved the deaths of the cheerleaders from the high school team. When Hadley moves to Sunnybrook the focus is on the Tigers, the high school championship winning football team. Everyone loves the Tigers especially because they shine a bright light on the towns dark past. […]

HEMLOCK HOUSE By Katie Cotugno

Short and Sweet Review It’s been a couple of years since Michael Linden and Holiday solved the murder mystery at Martha’s Vineyard. Now Linden is at Harvard and doesn’t really know what he’s doing. Linden reunites with Greer and it’s been nice for both of them. When Greer’s roommate dies and the police conclude that […]

BETTER LEFT BURIED By Mary E. Roach

Short and Sweet Review It’s spring break and Lucy is ready for a beachside vacation, but on the way her mom makes a pitstop in the town of Haeter Lake to help an old friend. When they arrive they find the person dead and it turns into a big investigation and Lucy’s mom Katie feels […]

COME OUT, COME OUT By Natalie C. Parker

Short and Sweet Review It’s not safe for Fern, Jaq, or Mallory to come out to their parents, so one night they go into the woods and make a wish to the Patron that things will be okay. Only things aren’t okay in the way the girls thought it would be, only Fern and Jaq […]

WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS By Andrea Hannah

Short and Sweet Review In the town of Bishop the sunflowers know and see everything. Bishop is known for sunflowers, windstorms, and missing women. One night three women go missing but no one is surprised, because this is a normal occurrence the case is closed and the daughters of these women try to pick up […]

SUCH CHARMING LIARS By Karen M. McManus

Short and Sweet Review When Liam and Kat were kids their parents got married in Vegas, so they were step siblings for two days. After that it has just been Kat and her mom Jamie taking on the world. Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight but she has one more job to […]