by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 8, 2023 | Discovery List, Fiction, Fiction/Mystery, From the YA Room, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Horror, Memoir, Middle Grade Fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, Reading Lists, Romance, YA, YA Fiction
Hey Teens! Your summer reading adventure may be over, and now it’s time to vote for your favorites! If you read at least one book from the Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award list, featured below, then you can vote for your favorites anytime between now and...
by envisionmg | Jul 20, 2023 | Fiction, Fiction/Mystery, Horror, Max Reviews, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Filled with suspense and social commentary, Jackal filled me with dread and outrage throughout the book. This debut novel by Erin E. Adams takes place in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the author’s hometown, which is largely white and racially segregated. Jackal follows 32...
by envisionmg | Nov 24, 2022 | Discovery List, Fiction/Mystery, Julie Reviews, Mystery, Reading Lists
We mystery lovers have many good choices for Native American Heritage Month. Here are just a few. Tony and Anne Hillerman’s acclaimed Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee and Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series set in the Four Corners area of the American Southwest and...
by envisionmg | Apr 27, 2018 | Fiction/Mystery, Patron Recommendations
“Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are forced to confront the past as they try to solve a crime that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of a quiet, historic medieval town in England The cozy, bucolic town of Ludlow is...
by envisionmg | Aug 19, 2013 | Fiction/Mystery, Mystery, Patron Review
Reviewed by Kim As many readers know by now, this novel is actually written by J.K. Rowling. It features a very unique private investigator named Cormoran Strike. He lost his leg in Afghanastan and is barely scraping by. He’s down to one client, just broke up...
by envisionmg | Apr 27, 2013 | Fiction, Fiction/Mystery
About the book: “In The Golden Egg, as the first leaves of autumn begin to fall, Vice Questore Patta asks Brunetti to look into a minor shop-keeping violation committed by the mayor’s future daughter-in-law. Brunetti has no interest in helping his boss amass...
