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Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett

Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett

Being the spawn of two infamous occultists (and alleged murderers) isn’t easy, but freewheeling magician Arcadia “Cady” Bell knows how to make the best of a crummy situation. After hiding out for seven years, she’s carved an incognito niche for herself slinging drinks at the demon-friendly Tambuku Tiki Lounge. But she receives an ultimatum when unexpected surveillance footage of her notorious parents surfaces: either prove their innocence or surrender… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drugging mentioned

The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

2017: 19-year-old Tallulah is going out on a date, leaving her baby with her mother, Kim.

Kim watches her daughter leave and, as late evening turns into night, which turns into early morning, she waits for her return. And waits. The next morning, Kim phones Tallulah’s friends who tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a party at a house in the nearby woods called Dark Place. She never returns… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drugging
Murder
Kidnapping

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village’s quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient to commit suicide. The vicar, the doctor, the servants—all are on the verge of accusing one another when help arrives from an unexpected quarter. The vicar’s houseguest happens to be none other than Jane Marple.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide discussed
Drugging
Murder & attempted murder
Plane crash recounted, off-page
Blackmail

Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter

Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter

April thought she had her happy ending. After all, she has her new house and new friends and new guardian. But she also has a very big new secret. The kids of Winterborne House are the only ones who know that Gabriel Winterborne—famous billionaire and terrible cook—is really a sword-wielding vigilante. What they don’t know is that he’s not the only one.

When a masked figure breaks in, looking for… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abandonment, recounted & discussed (on-page)
Drugging
Blood depiction
Physical injuries including gunshot wounds, stab wounds, and a sprained ankle
Death of a mother & father recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Sword violence & stabbing
Fire, on-page & recounted
Boating accident recounted
Explosion
Home invasion
Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping
Disappearance & presumed death of a loved one
Experiences in orphanages, group homes, and foster care discussed including child abuse & neglect

The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton

The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton

The Tell Tale has been watching and waiting because there’s something queer about the village of Foel. Beth Griffiths has returned home to raise her daughter in the Welsh hills. They arrive to the open arms of the community, but not all is what it seems and Beth isn’t home for the reason she pretends either.

Vicious notes start appearing that reveal harsh truths about the village inhabitants, stirring up ancient past and old loves. Not even local dignitary, the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Sexism
Hate crime
Outing
Cheating mentioned
Domestic abuse
Alcohol consumption
Drugging
Blood depiction
Gun violence
Homelessness
Hunting

Nothing But This by Natasha Anders

Nothing But This by Natasha Anders

It’s always been complicated between Libby Lawson and Greyson Chapman—and married life isn’t any simpler. But when Libby gets pregnant, she at last sees a bright future ahead. There’s just one problem: Greyson says he’s sterile.

Furious, Greyson abandons the young family. Equally furious and deeply hurt, Libby cuts all ties with him. After all these years, it seems their relationship has finally expired. But love is resilient and endures… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol abuse
Pregnancy
Drugging
Death of a newborn mentioned, off-page

Reveal Me by Tahereh Mafi

Reveal Me by Tahereh Mafi

The explosive revelations in Defy Me have left readers reeling and desperate for answers. This fourth and final novella in the series will bring readers back to the world of the Shatter Me before the final novel instalment hits shelves in winter 2020.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Hallucinations
Drugging
Kidnapping

The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley

The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley

As an African tightrope dancer in Victorian London, Iris is used to being strange. She is certainly a strange sight for leering British audiences always eager for the spectacle of colonial curiosity. But Iris also has a secret that even “strange” doesn’t capture… She cannot die.

Haunted by her unnatural power and with no memories of her past, Iris is obsessed with discovering… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Sexism
Slavery
Human trafficking
Eugenics mentioned
Sex work mentioned
Sexual harassment
Domestic abuse
Amnesia
Suicide
Drugging
Blood & gore depiction
Involuntary medical experimentation
Hospitalisation
Cannibalism
Murder
Torture
Kidnapping
Police brutality
Fire
Poverty

Blameless by Gail Carriger

Blameless by Gail Carriger

Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council, and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all off, Alexia is attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, indicating, as only ladybugs can, the fact that all of London’s vampires are now very much interested in seeing Alexia quite thoroughly dead.

While Lord Maccon elects to get progressively more inebriated and Professor Lyall desperately… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Misogyny
Slut-shaming
Fatmisia & body-shaming
Classism
Racism
Cheating discussed
Disownment
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Drugging
Pregnancy (theme)
Miscarriage discussed in-depth
Forced ‘breeding’ programs discussed
Physical injuries, including graphic eyeball trauma
Blood & gore depiction, including on-page blood-drinking
Emesis
Dead bodies & body parts
Forced human medical experiments recounted
Eugenics discussed
Death of a father mentioned
Death of a girlfriend recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Knife violence
Physical assault
Kidnapping & captivity
Hostage situation

The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene

The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew is alarmed when Nathan Gombet threatens her father. Gombet sold a piece of land for a railroad bridge through Carson Drew and now believes that he was cheated. Meanwhile, valuable objects are disappearing from rooms in the Turnbull mansion even while the Turnbull sisters, Rosemary and Florette, are at home in their locked house. Having heard about her reputation for solving mysteries, the sisters invite Nancy Drew to stay in the mansion and discover the thief.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drugging
Attempted murder by a truck accident
Kidnapping & captivity
Disappearance of a father
Home invasion