Waiting on Wednesday | A Study in Charlotte | Brittany Cavallaro

A Study in Charlotte

A Study in Charlotte • Brittany Cavallaro

Book cover A Study in Charlotte Brittany Cavallaro

The last thing sixteen-year-old Jamie Watson–writer and great-great-grandson of the John Watson–wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to Charlotte Holmes, the famous detective’s enigmatic, fiercely independent great-great-granddaughter, who’s inherited not just his genius but also his vices, volatile temperament, and expertly hidden vulnerability. Charlotte has been the object of his fascination for as long as he can remember–but from the moment they meet, there’s a tense energy between them, and they seem more destined to be rivals than anything else.

Then a Sherringford student dies under suspicious circumstances ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Holmes stories, and Jamie and Charlotte become the prime suspects. Convinced they’re being framed, they must race against the police to conduct their own investigation. As danger mounts, it becomes clear that nowhere is safe and the only people they can trust are each other.

Equal parts tender, thrilling, and hilarious, A Study in Charlotte is the first in a trilogy brimming with wit and edge-of-the-seat suspense.

WHOA GUYS. A new series that retells Sherlock Holmes. You know I’m always going to be excited about these. I’m digging the fact that Sherlock’s descendant is a girl, but I’m mostly really excited about this “tense energy” and the danger. Also, I love this cover. Like, so much. A STUDY IN CHARLOTTE is way high on my most-anticipated list for 2016, friends.

A STUDY IN CHARLOTTE comes out on March 1, 2016 from Katherine Tegen Books

A Study in Charlotte Brittany Cavallaro

Waiting on Wednesday (58) | Suspicion

Waiting on Wednesday

Suspicion • Alexandra Monir

Book cover Suspicion Alexandra Monir

 

Mysterious. Magnificent. Creepy. Welcome to Rockford Manor.

“There’s something hidden in the Maze.” Seventeen-year-old Imogen has never forgotten the last words her father said to her seven years ago, before the blazing fire that consumed him, her mother, and the gardens of her family’s English country manor.

Haunted by her parents’ deaths, Imogen moves to New York City with her new guardians. But when a letter arrives with the news of her cousin’s untimely death, revealing that Imogen is now the only heir left to run the estate, she returns to England and warily accepts her role as duchess.

All is not as it seems at Rockford, and Imogen quickly learns that dark secrets lurk behind the mansion’s aristocratic exterior, hinting that the spate of deaths in her family were no accident. And at the center of the mystery is Imogen herself–and Sebastian, the childhood friend she has secretly loved for years. Just what has Imogen walked into?

Combining a fresh twist on the classic REBECCA with a spine-tingling mystery and powerful romance, SUSPICION is an action-packed thrill ride.

I MEAN. Doesn’t SUSPICION just sound so creepy and wonderful? *waits for you all to nod your heads* First of all, I’ve never read REBECCA, the novel upon which SUSPICION is loosely based. But I know that it’s a creepy book about a house and other things! What really draws me to this book, though, is this creepy maze. WUT. A creepy maze with a hidden SOMETHING in it. Anytime I hear about mazes it reminds me of GOBLET OF FIRE, and I imagine that this maze is just as full of unknowns and danger. WOOT!

Also, of course, there’s a friendship slash romance, and I love those too. A friendship slash romance, a creepy house, secrets, a potentially haunted maze…I CANNOT. NEEDS. I’ve never read anything by Alexandra Monir, despite intentions to, so I’m going to make sure SUSPICION is my first!

SUSPICION by Alexandra Monir comes out December 9, 2014 from Delacorte Press

Suspicion Alexandra Monir