Reviews by Tag: murder mystery

Addy, Brownyn, Cooper, Nate and Simon all walk into detention and only four of them walk out.

Simon is left on the floor dead with the life sucked out of him and the four that are left are

mentally scarred. A big coincidence right?, maybe even too big. All four of our main characters

have very different lives; Brownyn Rojas is a straight A student who is on her way to Yale,

Beautiful homecoming princess Addy Prentiss seems to have an ideal life, Baseball star Cooper

Summary:

Pippa Fitz-Amobi is an ambitious senior at Fairview High School who is tasked with an

individualized project that every senior at their school has to complete. Pippa, being the curious

student that she is, chooses to solve the mystery behind the murder of Andie Bell, a student who

previously attended Fairview and was rumored to have been murdered by her ex-boyfriend Sal

Singh. For Pippa, what initially began as a project to take another look at the closed case has now

The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides, takes place six years after the death of Gabriel

Berenson. His wife, Alicia was convicted of the crime and institutionalized. Since her husband’s

death, Alicia has been entirely silent, and only through her diary do we get to see her side of

events. Theo Faber, a psychotherapist, has become obsessed with her case and goes to the

Grove, the institution where Alicia lives, to try to get her to talk and reveal her secrets. This

Cassie Hobbes is a 17 year old girl who’s living with her dad’s relatives. Her mom was

brutally murdered 5 years prior and the body was never found. Cassie grows up with that

trauma and never moves on from it. So when special agent Tanner Briggs wants to recruit her

for a special program called ‘The Naturals,’ Cassie accepts in hopes of finding her mother’s

killer. However, things mix up when Cassie and her new friends at ‘The Naturals’ program find

As good as dead is an exceptionally well

written book. From the very first sentence

all the way to the very last page it keeps

you entertained. I loved how the ending of

the book was so subtle yet it gave you enough

information to let you know exactly what

happened. I loved the different perspectives

that we received from this book and it was a

very enjoyable read. The book takes us on a

journey through Pip’s 3rd year in a row

investigating a missing persons’ case but

Summary: Harry Dresden is a detective wizard living in Chicago. Having difficulty paying

rent, he eagerly takes a job from a woman named Monica Sells, asking him to find her husband

who disappeared while dabbling in magic. What at first seems like a simple case though soon

turns into something far more dangerous than Harry could’ve imagined.

The Missing Season is about a girl named Clara who just recently moved

into a town called Pender. Clara finds a group to hang out with and they

have told the town’s scary secret: The Mumbler. The Mumbler takes kids

every October night and then they turn up dead. Clara doesn’t believe in it

but as she hears everyone’s share of tales, she wants to know who the

Mumbler really is.

You Will be Mine by Natasha Preston, is a thriller about a teen named Lyla

who is apart of a horrific murder disaster. Lyla and her friends all share a

dorm, and they really enjoy it until they receive a note. Which oddly enough

is addressed to one of her roommates, Sonny. Nobody think much of it until

Sonny disappears that night and is brutally murdered the next day. One by

one the roommate start becoming victims, and Lyla might be next.

Two Can Keep a Secret, by Karen M McManus, is about a teen named Elory

and her twin brother coming to live with their estranged grandma, because

of their mother’s addiction. The town they come to live in however, is very

mysterious and unsolved murders and disappearance have been

happening a lot lately. A girl Ellory befriended becomes missing and Ellory

is determined to find her. But as she looks for her, she finds out more and

Good Girl Bad Blood is the second book in

Holly Jacksons murder mystery trilogy. This

book was extremely well written and kept me

in suspense throughout the entirety of the

book. One thing I did feel was that the

ending of the book felt rushed leaving me a

little bit confused. All in all, the book

always keeps you questioning on what happens

next, making it a suspenseful and enjoyable

read.