Ninth House
Dropout Alex Stern sees ghosts and monitors Yale secret societies after a townie murder.
2,271-word summary · 10 min read
fantasy + mystery
8 books tagged both “fantasy” and “mystery”.
Storm Front
Wizard PI Harry Dresden hunts heart-explosion killer in Chicago.
2,563-word summary · 11 min read
The Green Mile
Guard Paul Edgecombe watches John Coffey show healing miracles on death row in 1932 Louisiana.
2,549-word summary · 11 min read
The Raven Boys
Blue Sargent joins four Aglionby boys hunting a Welsh king on a Virginia ley line.
2,537-word summary · 11 min read
Dead Until Dark
Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress in Bon Temps, falls for vampire Bill Compton as local murders close in.
2,751-word summary · 12 min read
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Jacob Portman finds his grandfather dead in the woods, follows a cryptic letter to a ruined orphanage in Wales, and meets children living inside a repeating…
2,331-word summary · 10 min read
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Chamber of Secrets: Dobby's warning, the flying car, polyjuice potions, and the diary of Tom Riddle. What the second Harry Potter book does differently and how…
2,172-word summary · 10 min read
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Prisoner of Azkaban, the mature third book: Sirius Black on the run, dementors at the gates, Remus Lupin's secrets, and the time-turner finale that rewrites…
2,053-word summary · 9 min read