Sara's Reviews > Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight

Wow, I completely adored this book. I'd only read Gran's Come Closer before this, but am now realizing I need to look into her Claire DeWitt series. I did not expect a book of short mystery stories to have me tearing up so many times, or to hit quite so hard - the second-to-last story, The Mystery at Killington Manor, had me screenshotting quotes like crazy (She could have loved me. Every single day, she could have loved me, and did not.) and also realizing that I really need to write about the collapse of my relationship with my parents and get some things out. Woo boy.

Gran uses often marvelously simple language to portray incredibly complex people with a clear-eyed empathy that just knocks me on my ass. Every experiment with style here succeeds beautifully. This is easily one of the top five books I've read this year, I wholeheartedly recommend it.

My thanks to Dreamland Books and NetGalley for the ARC.