Paraparaumu College

113,680 pages read and 3,288 team points

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Debbie Cowens

4,747 pts

(4,416 pages read)

The Bookshop Detectives Dead Girl Gonee

By Gareth Ward and Louise Ward

5 stars

Funny and clever literary mystery.
Guilty by Definiton

By Susie Dent

5 stars

Excellent literary mystery about language and lexicography. The anecdotes about the definitions and of words and the cryptic literary clues are delightful, but genuinely compelling and moving.
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes

By Hisashi Kashiwai

4 stars

Lovely follow up to the first food detectives book. evocative and sweet.
Yellowface

By Rebecca F. Kuang

5 stars

Brilliant novel about literature, publishing, race, jealousy, and guilt.
The Tea Ladies

By Amanda Hampson

3 stars

Cozy comic mystery set in 1960s Australia.
Murder on Lake Garda

By Tom Hindle

3 stars

Entertaining modern whodunnit.
Emma

By Jane Austen

5 stars

A lovely reread. Witty, romantic, and charming.
The big four

By Agatha Christie

2 stars

Silly conspiracy mystery. Entertaining enough but feels like a parody of the Sign of Four.
Elephants can remember

By Agatha Christie

4 stars

Fun re-read of a mystery classic.
The full moon coffee shop

By Mai Mochizuki

4 stars

Fun light holiday read with magical cats giving astrological advice to people who are lost in their lives.
The mystery of the blue train

By Agatha Christie

4 stars

Enjoyable, intriguing mystery though dated politics.
Tales from outer suburbia

By Shaun Tan

5 stars

Beautiful collection of stories and art that are imaginative, moving, and thought-provoking.
The secret adversary

By Agatha Christie

3 stars

Mystery with lots of escapades, romances and twist. A bit dated but fun enough.
The secret of Chimneys

By Agatha Christie

4 stars

Fun mystery spy-caper/whodunnit.

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