Reviews by Category: Mystery

When Alex Easton is invited to his sick friend’s manor, he is a bit nerved by the haunted

landscape that surrounds what seems to be an even more haunted house. What’s even stranger

are the hares that roam the lands, animals that don’t run off but instead maintain a walk that

resembles a stiff human. Easton then meets with Roderick, who is overcome with nerves for his

sister, Madeline. He also meets with an American doctor who is supposedly tending to her

Pretty Dead Girls by Monica Murphy is a mystery thriller book. All the popular pretty girls in

school are getting murdered. So far, all of them were linked to Penelope Malone in some way.

She decides to investigate further in these murders, but as she tries uncovering more secrets,

Penelope is terrified she might be the next victim.

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus is a mystery thriller book. 5 classmates at Bayview

High walk into detention. Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, Cooper, and Simon. Only 4 come out alive. By

the end of detention, Simon is dead. The five students in the classroom don’t know what

happened, all they know is Simon drank a glass of water then fainted. The investigators say

Simon’s death wasn’t an accident. A little background on Simon: He wasn’t the best person,

A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie is a murder mystery novel. When Raymond

West gifts his favorite aunt, Miss Marple, a vacation in the Caribbean, she encounters a man with

a fascinating story. He apparently has met a murderer and has photograph evidence.

Unfortunately, Miss Marple never gets to see it because the very next morning she finds him...

dead. She has to figure out who it is the major saw and what connection he has to his murder. So

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson is the first book in the series. The case was

closed 5 years ago and everyone knew who the murder was and what happened. Sal Singh

murdered Andie Bell and then killed himself. If Pippa Fitz-Amobi knew Sal at all, she would

know he would never have done such a thing. She chooses to “re-solve” the murder for a school

project. As she finds more clues, she finds out that Sal wasn’t the murderer at all. Instead, the

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder takes place in Fairview, Connecticut where Pippa

chooses to investigate a closed-case murder in her hometown for her senior

capstone project. Pippa has a suspicion that the believed murderer of Andie Bell, Sal

Singh is innocent. Despite the overwhelming majority of the town believing that

Andie’s boyfriend murdered her and then committed suicide, she continues her

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie is a mystery novel. Set in the English

countryside, the case of Emily Inglethorp, the wealthy mistress of Styles Court, is a peculiar one.

At a party with friends and family, Mrs. Inglethorp is found in her bedroom poisoned. The list of

suspects is extensive, but fortunately, it includes the famous Belgian detective we all love. Will

Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie is a mystery novel. While investigating a mysterious

light coming from the sports pavilion, 2 teachers stumble upon the body of their games mistress

among the lacrosse sticks. She is shot through the heart from point blank range. When the

exclusively all-girls school is thrown into chaos and madness, they discover that a particular

student knows too much. She knows one thing. Without the aid of Hercule Poirot, she will be the

Paris Peralta has just been convicted of murdering her famous husband. Suddenly, the

quiet life she had ensured for herself bursts, and she is labeled as a golddigger who killed her

husband for the money. However, the fact that gets glazed over is that there was a similar crime

involving Ruby Reyes, nicknames the Ice Queen, who had killed her rich husband by stomping

on his neck with an ice skate. Paris knows she didn’t kill her husband and her lawyer is

Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie is a mystery novel. At a Halloween party hosted by her

school, Joyce brags about having seen a murder actually happen. Naturally, no one really

believes her bold claim. Only a few hours later, she is found in the bobbing for apples bucket.

Dead. Ariadne Oliver, a sensational writer, goes to Poirot and insists on his help. Poirot, the

world-famous Belgian detective, then has to discern why this girl was murdered. Was she killed