Tag Archives: mystery
Book Review : Tuesdays at the Castle
Eleven-year-old Princess Celie lives with her parents, the king and queen, and her brothers and sister at Castle Glower, which adds rooms or stairways or secret passageways most every Tuesday, and when the king and queen are ambushed while travelling, … Continue reading
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Genres
Genre is a classification of books or media by content and/or style that allows users to more easily identify the book. Subgenres are classifications within a genre that contain all the elements of a major genre as well as specific … Continue reading
Get a Clue
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The Lace Reader
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry is an uneven novel in which the first three quarters of the book limp slowly by until the end. The last pages build up suspense and the twist at the end causes you to reread the book with new eyes. Continue reading
Lost and Found
Cady Briggs and Mack Easton’s relationship heats up when Cady inherits her aunt’s business and hires Mack to investigate the aunt’s death. They discover fraud and a motive for murder. Continue reading
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a thriller centering around a cold case about a missing girl and current sex crimes against women. Continue reading
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Soon after the novel starts, Flavia literally trips over a corpse in the garden. The police are called and, offended by the dismissive attitude of those men, she decides that she’ll solve the mystery herself! Continue reading