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The List of Suspicious Things
A Mystery Novel by Jennie Godfrey
Subgenres:
- Historical Fiction,
- Coming-of-Age,
- Friendship
This book is for you if you're into...
- Yorkshire mysteries told through a twelve-year-old's eyes
- Friendship-driven investigations set against real historical fear
- Stories where family secrets collide with neighborhood suspense
From Little Stack
It’s not often I get to read a book set in my home county of Yorkshire, let alone a historical fiction one, so I was thrilled when this outstanding debut came through my letterbox last year.
Set in 1979, the story is narrated by Miv, a twelve-year-old girl living in a small Yorkshire village under the shadow of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. Miv and her best friend, Sharon, decide to join in the hunt by making a list of all the suspicious things and people they come across. But the girls are unprepared for the secrets they will uncover along the way.
This is a wonderful, witty and emotional story with a nostalgic friendship at its heart. Miv and Sharon’s friendship took me back to my own schooldays and that childhood best friend who seemed to shine like the sun. Perfect for reading and reminiscing with your current bestie.
"We'll make a list. A list of all the people and things we see that are suspicious. And then… we'll investigate them."
Twelve-year-old Miv is panicking. Life has been complicated since her mom got sick, and now her dad is talking about wanting to move their family away from the town Miv has lived in her whole life—because of the murders. Young women are dying, everyone is afraid, and no one knows who the culprit might be.
But as far as Miv is concerned, leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn't an option, no matter the dangers lurking round their way; or the strangeness at home that started the day Miv's mum stopped talking. Perhaps if she could solve the case of the disappearing women, they could stay after all?
So, Miv and Sharon decide to make a list: a list of all the suspicious people and things on their street. People they know. People they don't. But their search for the truth reveals more secrets in their neighborhood, within their families—and between each other—than they ever thought possible. What if the real mystery Miv needs to solve is the one that lies much closer to home?
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