The Hope of Azure Springs by Rachel Fordham

The Hope of Azure Springs by Rachel Fordham

Seven years ago, orphaned and alone, Em finally arrived at a new home in Iowa after riding the orphan train. But secrets from her past haunt her, and her new life in the Western wilderness is a rough one. When her guardian is shot and killed, Em, now nineteen, finally has the chance to search for her long-lost sister, but she won’t be able to do it alone. For Azure Springs Sheriff Caleb Reynolds, securing justice for the waifish and injured Em is just part of his job. He’s determined to solve every case put before him in order to impress his parents and make a name for himself. Caleb expects… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child abuse
  • Blood & injury depiction including a dead body
  • Death of a parent
  • Death of a sibling
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Gun violence
  • Kidnapping
  • Whipping mentioned
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Sistersong by Lucy Holland

Sistersong by Lucy Holland

In the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, there is old magic to be found in the whisper of the wind, the roots of the trees, and the curl of the grass. King Cador knew this once, but now the land has turned from him, calling instead to his three children. Riva can cure others, but can’t seem to heal her own deep scars. Keyne battles to be accepted for who he truly is—the king’s son. And Sinne dreams of seeing the world, of finding adventure. All three fear a life of confinement within the walls of the hold, their people’s last bastion of strength against the invading Saxons. However, change… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Transmisia
  • Misgendering
  • Deadnaming
  • Religious persecution
  • Pregnancy
  • Chronic leg & hand injury
  • Physical injury & illness including death from blood poisoning, head injury, and graphic burn scars
  • Dead body & mutilation
  • Death of a father, on-page
  • Death of a sister
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Death from a fall, on-page
  • Knife & sword violence
  • Arrow violence
  • Whipping, off-page
  • Fire recounted
  • Loss of autonomy (glamour magic)
  • War themes & battle scenes
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Mistletoe and Murder by Robin Stevens

Mistletoe and Murder by Robin Stevens

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the Christmas hols in snowy Cambridge. Hazel has high hopes of its beautiful spires, cosy libraries and inviting tearooms but there is danger lurking in the dark stairwells of ancient Maudlin College. Two days before Christmas, there is a terrible accident. At least, it appears to be an accident – until the Detective Society look a little closer, and realise a murder has taken place. Faced with several irritating grown-ups and fierce competition from a rival agency, they must use all their cunning and courage to find the killer (in time for Christmas Day, of course).

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexism
  • Racism
  • Classism
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Dead bodies
  • Emesis
  • Death of parents in a car accident mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Near drowning
  • Death from a fall down the stairs
  • Death from poisoning
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Death in the Spotlight by Robin Stevens

Death in the Spotlight by Robin Stevens

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are off to the beautiful Rue Theatre in London, where they will face an entirely new challenge: acting. But behind the theatre’s glittering facade, the girls soon realise that there is trouble at the Rue. Jealousy, threats and horrible pranks quickly spiral out of control – and then one of the cast is found dead. As opening night looms closer, Hazel and Daisy must take centre stage and solve the crime . . . before the murderer strikes again.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Coming out themes
  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Homomisia
  • Dead body
  • Murder of a mother & father by drowning recounted
  • Boating accident recounted
  • Death of a colleague (theme)
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Poisoning
  • Physical assault
  • Threats of violence & murder
  • Homelessness mentioned
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Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens

Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy’s home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy’s glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy’s birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix. But it soon becomes clear that this party isn’t really about Daisy at all. Naturally, Daisy is furious. Then one of their party falls seriously, mysteriously ill—and everything points to poison. With wild storms preventing anyone from leaving, or the police from arriving, Fallingford suddenly feels like a dangerous place to be. Not… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism & racist language
  • Sexism
  • Classism
  • Ableism
  • Alcohol consumption mentioned
  • Dead bodies discussed
  • Emesis
  • Death of a father from suicide mentioned
  • Murder by arsenic poisoning, on-page
  • Floods
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Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens

Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean for a new school term, but nothing is the same. There’s a new Head Girl, Elizabeth Hurst, and a team of Prefects – and these bullying Big Girls are certainly not good eggs. Then, after the fireworks display on Bonfire Night, Elizabeth is found – murdered. Many girls at Deepdean had reason to hate Elizabeth, but who might have committed such foul play? Could the murder be linked to the secrets and scandals, scribbled on scraps of paper, that are suddenly appearing around the school? And with their own friendship falling to pieces, how will Daisy and Hazel solve this mystery?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Queermisia & lesbomisia, on-page
  • Ableism discussed
  • Racism
  • Nazism & antisemitism discussed
  • Classism
  • Chronic heart disease discussed
  • Dead body
  • Psychiatric hospitalisation for eating disorder mentioned
  • Murder of a teenage girl from blunt-force trauma to the head, off-page
  • Kidnapping & captivity
  • Disappearance of a child and sister
  • Bullying & rumor-spreading
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Fractured Tide by Leslie Lutz

Fractured Tide by Leslie Lutz

Sia practically grew up in the water scuba diving, and wreck dives are run of the mill. Take the tourists out. Explore the reef. Uncover the secrets locked in the sunken craft. But this time … the dive goes terribly wrong. Attacked by a mysterious creature, Sia’s boat is sunk, her customers are killed, and she washes up on a deserted island with no sign of rescue in sight. Waiting in the water is a seemingly unstoppable monster that is still hungry. In the jungle just off the beach are dangers best left untested. When Sia reunites with a handful of survivors, she sees it as the first sign of … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Physical injuries
  • Dead bodies
  • Incarceration of a parent
  • Boating accident
  • Animal death
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Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia Manansala

Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala

Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention of two very eligible bachelors. Or her professional life, since she can’t bring herself to open her new cafe after the unpleasantness that occurred a few months ago at her aunt’s Filipino restaurant, Tita Rosie’s Kitchen. No, things are heating up quite literally, since summer, her least favourite season, has just started. Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia
  • Sexism
  • Coming out scene
  • Anxiety & panic attacks, on-page
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Dead body
  • Emesis
  • Death of a mother recounted
  • Murder
  • Hostage situation
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First Class Murder by Robin Stevens

First Class Murder by Robin Stevens

aisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday on the famous Orient Express. From the moment the girls step aboard, it’s clear that everyone in the first-class carriages has something to hide. Then there is a scream from one of the cabins, and a wealthy heiress is found dead, But the killer has vanished – as if into thin air Daisy and Hazel are faced with their first locked-room mystery – and with competition from several other sleuths, who are just as determined to crack the case.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism & racist language
  • Antisemitism
  • Misogyny
  • Cheating, on-page
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Dead body, on-page
  • Emesis
  • Murder by knife violence, off-page
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The Marked Prince by MA Grant

The Marked Prince by M.A. Grant

The Summer Court is nothing like Sebastian remembers. The oppressed lower classes are drained of their magick, and around every corner political intrigues threaten an already unstable regime. Sebastian’s only hope of surviving the Court and bringing home Prince Lyne’s traitorous brother lies with Duine, a magickless Unseelie servant desperate to win his freedom. A servant for whom Sebastian, an estranged Seelie royal himself, is developing a dangerous and deepening affection… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Alcohol consumption
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Physical injury
  • Dead bodies
  • Death of a mother from suicide by drowning recounted
  • Murder
  • Torture recounted
  • Kidnapping & captivity
  • War themes
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