Genre: Mystery & Detective

YOU BELONG TO ME By Hayley Krischer

YOU BELONG TO ME By Hayley Krischer

Short and Sweet Review Frances has always been content in her skin and with her small group of friends, but when she’s paired up with Julia one of the most popular girls in school for a literature assignment things quickly change in Frances’s life. Julia’s mother is the founder of DEEP, a skincare company that […]

THE NOTORIOUS VIRTUES By Alwyn Hamilton

THE NOTORIOUS VIRTUES By Alwyn Hamilton

Short and Sweet Review The Holtzfall family is a high ranking family and they have control over all of the money and magic in the entire country. Nora Holtzfall has it all and she knows one day she’ll be the heir, but one day comes sooner than she expects when her mother is murdered and […]

DEADSTREAM By Mar Romasco-Moore

DEADSTREAM By Mar Romasco-Moore

Short and Sweet Review Ever since the car accident that took her best friend’s life, Teresa has been stuck in the house and it’s progressively gotten worse to where she won’t even leave her room. Teresa spends her time watching different people do their live streams and chatting with her streaming friends. When a popular […]

ACE OF SPADES By Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

ACE OF SPADES By Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Short and Sweet Review Devon and Chiamaka attend Niveus Private Academy, where they both happen to be the only black students that attend. It’s their senior year and they’re both made prefects which will look pretty good on their college applications, but when Aces an anonymous person starts sending out texts about Chiamaka and Devon […]

IN THE COMPANY OF KILLERS By Elora Cook

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

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

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

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

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 […]