It's the year 1975, and a counselor in the Adirondack summer camp discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara, isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found. As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. I enjoyed The God of The Wo

Avery Grambs has a clear plan for the future: get past high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But this plan turns upside down when she inherits a fortune of billions from Tobias Hawthorne, a man she has never heard of. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into the humongous Hawthorne house, which is full of puzzles, riddles, codes, and secret passageways. Unfortunately for Avery, it is also occupied by the remaining members of the Hawthorne family, who have just

Five years ago, high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh. Everyone in the small, silent town called Fairview knows the story. Now, as a senior herself, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. She can't shake the feeling that there's more to this case than people think, so she opens the case again, and starts investigating for her school project. But someone in Fairview doesn't want her investigating, and now her own life might be in dange

In a peaceful retirement community, four unlikely friends meet every Thursday to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place very near them, they find themselves in the middle of a big investigation. The members of the Thursday Murder Club might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeve. I loved this book so much that I couldn't put it down. I liked the way that it was very funny and clever at the same time. I loved all the cha

This is probably my favorite Agatha Christie book! The peaceful village of King's Abbot is baffled when Roger Ackroyd is murdered a day after widow Ferrars, who he was planning to marry, dies. Hercule Poirot starts investigating and reaches to the most startling conclusion in his long career. When I finished this book I was completely shocked. Although most detective books have surprising endings, this was nothing like it. If anyone solves this mystery and gives logical reaso

When a renowned scientist is found brutally murdered, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. His conclusion is that it is the work of Illuminati. Meanwhile, within the walls of Vatican, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power is counting down... While the minutes tick away, Langdon and an Italian scientist, Vittoria Vetra, join forces to decipher a trail of ancient symbols that leads to the long-for

Arséne Lupin is a witty and confident burglar, who steals only from rich people and never from the poor. He is also known as one of the most famous burglars in the world and is impossible to catch. He never hurts or kills anyone, in fact it is known that he bought flowers for an old lady who he stole from :) His crimes are so intelligent, when I was reading the book I found myself thinking "How did he do this?" while looking at it in disbelief. If you love to read and solve

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again. Murder on the Orient Express is undoubtedly one o

Millie is the Winchesters' new maid. Every day she cleans their beautiful house top to bottom. She picks their daughter up from school, and cooks a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in her tiny room on the top floor. However, she soon realizes something is very off about this house. But she reassures herself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They have no idea what I’m capable of… I was pretty confused after reading this book. After

Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper. One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. The police don’t believe her story, so she decides to investigate for herself, and is soon joined in her quest by Suzie, a loca

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. This thrilling story follows private detective Cormoran Strike and his new secretary Robin as they investigate the suspicious case. How

Ruby Redfort is a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She and her "butler", Hitch, foil crimes and get into loads of scrapes with evil villains, but they’re always ice-cool in a crisis. This first book is about Ruby’s beginnings as an agent. When an anonymous caller sets Ruby a challenge, it’s not long before she finds her way into the HQ of the most secret of secret agencies: Spectrum. The