The Art of Reading

Tag: #mystery

  • Review: The Forest of Stolen Girls

    Review: The Forest of Stolen Girls

    ~Summary~ As children, Hwani and her sister Maewol went missing in the forest nearby to their village, later reappearing unconscious at the scene of a murder with no recollection of how they got there. When years later the girl’s father, Detective Min, learns that more girls have gone missing in the same forest, he sets…

  • Review: Nancy Parker’s Diary of Detection by Julia Lee

    Review: Nancy Parker’s Diary of Detection by Julia Lee

    ~Summary~ Fourteen year-old Nancy Parker has just taken her first job as a housemaid to the elegant and elusive Mrs. Bryce. Nancy would much rather be out solving mysteries but for now she’ll have to settle for what she’s got. However as it soon turns out, that there are plenty of suspicious happenings taking place…

  • Review: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

    Review: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

    ~Summary~ Stevie Bell has just been accepted to the elite Ellingham Academy, a boarding school located in the mountains of Vermont. The school was founded by Albert Ellingham in the 1930’s. Shortly after the school’s opening however, his wife and daughter were kidnapped, the only clue to the kidnapper being a mysterious ransom letter signed,…