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Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion (1941)

1940s Nancy Tackles Murders, a Plane Crash, and a Leopard Author: Carolyn Keene I’ve been chronologically making my way through an eBay haul of Nancy Drew mysteries and finally got to the one I was looking forward to the most: The Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion. The thing about an eBay haul is that some of the books are the 60s/70s “Flashlight” edition (which are quite sanitized and often have completely different stories) and some of the books are the original version (20s-40s usually), where our sleuth isn’t quite such a retiring lady. As a matter of fact, Nancy can be [...]

Frances Carden2026-07-05T13:26:40-07:00July 5th, 2026|Tags: book review, Carolyn Keene, mystery, Nancy Drew, read, reading, ya|

Nature of the Beast, The

"Maybe that’s what old men are for. To make decisions that no young man can.” Author: Louise Penny We’re back in cozy, unmapped, hard-to-find, isolated Three Pines where murder, shenanigans, intrigue, complicated pasts, and really bad poetry are brewing into another storm of misadventure, fake identities, and ulterior motives. This time, evil from the outer world is once again puncturing the peace and sanctity of this little town, revealing dark pasts and sinister motives. It starts when an imaginative nine-year-old boy, Laurent Lepage, claims he found a giant monster gun in the woods. The next day, he is discovered, murdered. Clearly, [...]

Frances Carden2026-04-08T18:09:39-07:00April 8th, 2026|Tags: book review, cozy mystery, Gamache, Louise Penny, mystery, read, reading|

In a Dark, Dark Wood

“There’s one thing I dislike more than being hurt, it’s being seen to be hurt.” Author: Ruth Ware Nora was never the same after her breakup with James. They were teens then – barely out of childhood. Now, ten years later, at twenty-six, Nora remains reclusive and broken. She has shut out everyone from that time of her life. She refuses to speak about it. She knows she should get over it, but what really happened was altogether too painful. Time can’t heal all wounds. It's surprising then when Nora gets an email from her childhood best friend, Clare. Clare is [...]

Frances Carden2026-03-23T18:07:02-07:00March 23rd, 2026|Tags: book review, mystery, read, reading, Ruth Ware, thriller|