A Mystery to Draw You In and Keep You Guessing!

I enjoy reading YA mysteries and while I like Karen McManus’ books, I LOVE Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. Bury the Lead is probably the closest you can get to GGGTM’s intricate plotting and characterization. While I still prefer GGGTM, I definitely would rate this as a 4.5 or 4.75 out of 5.

So many YA books labeled mysteries do not have a main character investigating a crime, but Kennedy Carter, who wants to be an investigative reporter turns out to be an great crime investigator. I love that she is the first to figure out that an apparent suicide was actually a murder and pursues it even when the police have closed the case.

It was clever how Mischa Thrace interspersed “The Making of a Monster” segments because it gives you the motive for the murders; which the police have labeled as suicides, but also gives you insight into the murderer. I couldn’t be happier with the curveball the author threw at the reader in the end. I’m rarely surprised by mystery endings anymore and Mischa Thrace managed to surprise me!