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240 reviews

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury

The Suspect by L.R. Wright

mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Homophobia

This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Kidnapping

Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Misogyny

Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder

Maigret in Vichy by Georges Simenon

mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder

Minor: Child death

The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury

Wonderland by Jennifer Hillier

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content

Minor: Deadnaming, Gun violence, Transphobia, Vomit

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicidal thoughts