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Every Breath
by Ellie Marney
Ah, this book is still so good 5 years after my first time reading it!
I'm so happy I stumbled across this in my high school library because it's definitely a hidden gem, not really available in bookstores, only Amazon.
Our MC, Rachel's just moved to the city after growing up in rural Australia and she's struggling with the transition, causing relatable tension within her family. In addition, Mycroft is her neighbor-friend-crush. He's a budding forensic pathologist and child genius, traumatized by his parents' death when he was young and eager to find justice elsewhere. Mycroft wants to look into the mysterious murder of their mutual friend, a homeless man named Dave. Rachel reluctantly agrees. The sleuthing they do is very believable-they crack some things but miss key clues, which lands them in a pretty nail-biting climax. The villain was not easy to guess-intentionally so.
I like how Marney mixed Rachel's culture shock with the mystery at hand. Rachel sees the city as an aggressive, unknown place-and the relative ease with which everyone overlooks a homeless man's murder plays into that impression. Rachel wants to solve the mystery not just for Mycroft, but because she wants to assert some control over her new environment-perhaps.
Ellie Marney knows how to balance mystery/thriller with a relatable coming-of-age romance. This book made me laugh, too. Watts and Mycroft's banter is funny without being weirdly precocious or convulted. Mycroft, of course, was a little on the eccentric genius side-but that's what you sign up for when the book asks "What is Sherlock Holmes was the boy next door?"
While I wish this book had a less generic-looking cover and vague name (based on a minor, insightful thought of Rachel's), so more people would be inclined to pick it up, I do think the actors on the front look like Mycroft and Watts: see the cheekbones.
I'm so happy I stumbled across this in my high school library because it's definitely a hidden gem, not really available in bookstores, only Amazon.
Our MC, Rachel's just moved to the city after growing up in rural Australia and she's struggling with the transition, causing relatable tension within her family. In addition, Mycroft is her neighbor-friend-crush. He's a budding forensic pathologist and child genius, traumatized by his parents' death when he was young and eager to find justice elsewhere. Mycroft wants to look into the mysterious murder of their mutual friend, a homeless man named Dave. Rachel reluctantly agrees. The sleuthing they do is very believable-they crack some things but miss key clues, which lands them in a pretty nail-biting climax. The villain was not easy to guess-intentionally so.
I like how Marney mixed Rachel's culture shock with the mystery at hand. Rachel sees the city as an aggressive, unknown place-and the relative ease with which everyone overlooks a homeless man's murder plays into that impression. Rachel wants to solve the mystery not just for Mycroft, but because she wants to assert some control over her new environment-perhaps.
Ellie Marney knows how to balance mystery/thriller with a relatable coming-of-age romance. This book made me laugh, too. Watts and Mycroft's banter is funny without being weirdly precocious or convulted. Mycroft, of course, was a little on the eccentric genius side-but that's what you sign up for when the book asks "What is Sherlock Holmes was the boy next door?"
While I wish this book had a less generic-looking cover and vague name (based on a minor, insightful thought of Rachel's), so more people would be inclined to pick it up, I do think the actors on the front look like Mycroft and Watts: see the cheekbones.