Genre: Mystery
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Bonfire
It has been ten years since Abby Williams left her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands. But a new case takes her back home to Barrens. Tasked with investigating the town’s most high-profile company and…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
When she was the sole survivor of a mass murder, Lydia and her father move away. When Joey commits suicide, Lydia is left behind wondering what had happened to him and why did he have a photo of her when she was 10 and with the murdered girl. As she works to find out more…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Party Girls Die In Pearls
Party Girls Die in Pearls is a high class whodunnit murder mystery. Ursula has just started at Oxford University and finds a dead girl in her first week. As she wan’t to be part of the University Newspaper, Ursula must solve the mystery by her deadline Sunday. Alongside this she must make friends, socialise, work…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… S.T.A.G.S.
After Greer starts at prestigious school S.T.A.G.S on a scholarship she’s isolated for the majority of term. When she’s invited for a weekend of huntin’shootin’fishin’ with the ‘cool’ group of the school, she jumps at the chance. But… is it friendship they’re looking for? Or victims? I wanted to read S.T.A.G.S. because it sounded like…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Tall Oaks
Harry is missing from Tall Oaks. Everyone has their secrets, but whose is connected to the missing child? A thriller surrounded by the average people you find in small town living. With so many secrets, anybody could be a suspect. Tall Oaks is a mystery novel first, yet there’s a strong focus on the characters.…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… One of Us is Lying
One of Us is Lying is a mix between the Breakfast Club and Pretty Little Liars. Five strangers walk into detention but only 4 walk out alive. The four have to work together to find the culprit, but the blame could easily be on one of them. The book follows all 4 of the students…