Tag: mystery
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Review: Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief by Maurice Leblanc
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual Rating: 3.5 Maurice Leblanc’s classic stories of Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief are refreshed in this new collection accompanied by illustrations from Vincent Mallie. Editor Mike Kennedy compiled the collection. I was already familiar with Maurice Leblanc’s stories involving…
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Review: Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Marie Rutkoski’s adult debut, Real Easy, delves into the backstage of a strip club. The story is told in multiple perspectives and discusses the day to day happenings of the club as well as an ongoing double…
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Review: The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 CJ Tudor returns with her newest thriller The Burning Girls. Jack is a vicar who has had recent tragedy in her chapel, so there is a chance for a fresh start with reassignment to a small…
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Review: Don’t Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller
**spoiler alert** **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Kirsten Miller presents a YA mystery thriller in Don’t Tell a Soul. Readers follow Bram, a troubled girl going to live with her uncle in the country after something has happened to make her leave…
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Review: Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Andrea Contos’ Throwaway Girls is a stunning mystery thriller surrounding one missing girl who everyone wants home, and the other missing girls who were forgotten. The reader follows Caroline, a queer teenager who is just trying to…
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Review: Mayhem by Estelle Laure
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Estelle Laure’s Mayhem follows the titular character as she navigates the difficulties of her life, the importance of family and home, and perhaps the type of magic that has persisted through the generations. Part hard-hitting contemporary,…
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Review: All the Pretty Things by Emily Arsenault
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Emily Arsenault’s second YA novel, All the Pretty Things, is part slice of life, part mystery, and part hard-hitting contemporary. Readers follow Ivy Cork whose father owns a doughnut franchise and amusement park. When a local kid…
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Review: People of the Lake by Nick Scorza
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 stars People of the Lake is a YA mystery which borders a bit into suspense and thriller. Redmarch Lake was once a thriving tourist town, but now it is weighed down by secrets and unfriendly to…
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Review: Silo Boys by Amy-Brooke Odell
4 stars ** I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Amy-Brooke Odell’s debut novel, Silo Boys, was an engaging YA mystery/thriller that captured the atmosphere of South Carolina. In Silo Boys, the reader follows Addy, a recent high school graduate as she attempts to come to terms…
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Review: Critique of Criminal Reason by Michael Gregorio
4 stars Critique of Criminal Reason is certainly what it promised to be- a historical fiction detective novel. Michael Gregorio cleverly utilized a historical background of Napoleonic era Prussia combined with the inspiration of the philosophies of Immanuel Kant to form the backbone of the story. Add in one young investigative magistrate in Hanno Stiffeniis…
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