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YA Mystery

The Hidden Memory of Objects by Danielle Mages Amato

What a surprising gem this book is! You think you’re getting one thing – a YA mystery with maybe a hint of the mystical - when really you are getting so [...]

How to Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough

There isn’t anything I love more than a book that hooks you from page one and doesn’t let go. That’s how I felt about How to Catch a Killer. Even [...]

The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro

I really enjoyed Brittany Cavallaro’s first foray into the world of Sherlock Holmes adaptations in A Study in Charlotte. Therefore, I was really excited to [...]

The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

Synopsis: Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. Eleven years ago, six kindergarteners went missing [...]

With Malice by Eileen Cook

Synopsis: A read about a teenage girl who wakes up in a hospital bed and cannot remember the last six weeks of her life, including the accident that [...]

Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

Every story needs a hero. Every story needs a villain. Every story needs a secret. What really happened? Someone knows. Someone is lying. Well. Just to [...]

Don’t Get Caught by Kurt Dinan

Synopsis:  10:00 tonight at the water tower. Tell no one. -Chaos Club When Max receives a mysterious invite from the untraceable, epic prank-pulling [...]

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

Synopsis: The last thing Jamie Watson wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. But [...]

A Drop of Night by Stefan Bachmann

This book was NOT at all what I was expecting… except, I was actually expecting it not to be what I was expecting, so maybe it was what I was expecting? [...]