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The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

Hwani’s family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest, near a gruesome crime scene. The only thing they remember: Their captor wore a painted-white mask. To escape the haunting memories of this incident, the family flees their hometown. Years later, Detective Min—Hwani’s father—learns that thirteen girls have recently disappeared under similar circumstances, and so he returns to their hometown to investigate… only to vanish as well. Determined to find her father and solve the case that tore their family apart, Hwani returns home to pick up the trail. As she digs into the secrets of the small village… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Human trafficking mentioned
Child abuse
Suicide & suicidal ideation
Grief & loss depiction
Murder
Poisoning
Kidnapping & captivity

Murder on the Safari Star by MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman

Murder on the Safari Star by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman and illustrated by Elisa Paganelli

Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari! Uncle Nat is taking Hal on the journey of a lifetime – on a Safari Train from Pretoria to Victoria Falls. Drawing Africa’s amazing wild animals from on board a spectacular steam train described as a luxury hotel on wheels, should be enough excitement for anyone. But something suspicious is happening on board the Safari Star and when a passenger is found mysteriously killed inside a locked compartment, it’s up to Hal, along with his new friend Winston and his pet Mongoose, Chipo, to solve the murder mystery.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder

The Red Palace by June Hur

The Red Palace by June Hur

Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse. All she wants is to keep her head down, do a good job, and perhaps finally win her estranged father’s approval. But Hyeon is suddenly thrust into the dark and dangerous world of court politics when someone murders four women in a single night, and the prime suspect is Hyeon’s closest friend and mentor. Determined to prove her beloved teacher’s innocence, Hyeon launches her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction including corpses
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Murder
Torture
Police brutality

The Messengers by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Messengers by Margaret Peterson Haddix

As book three of the Greystone Secrets series opens, the Greystone kids have their mother back from the evil alternate world, and so does their friend Natalie. But no one believes the danger is past. Then mysterious coins begin falling from unexpected places. They are inscribed with codes that look just like what the Greystones’ father was working on before he died. And with the right touch, those symbols transform into words: please listen, and find us, see us, help us. The coins are messengers, telling the Greystones and their allies that their friends in the alternate world are under attack—and that the cruel, mind… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder, off-page
Kidnapping
Loss of autonomy (mind control)

Radiance by Grace Draven

Radiance by Grace Draven

Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined. Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Forced arranged marriage
Child abuse recounted
Alcohol consumption
Emesis
Graphic physical injuries, including eye trauma
Field surgery
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies & body parts
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a baby sister recounted
Death of a brother mentioned
Murder & attempted murder
Infanticide recounted (graphic)
Torture, off-page
Knife violence
Poisoning
Military violence
Animal attack
Animal death (dog) & minor butchery scenes

Eidolon by Grace Draven

Eidolon by Grace Draven

In a bid for more power, the Shadow Queen of Haradis has unleashed a malignant force into the world. Her son Brishen, younger prince of the Kai royal house, suddenly finds himself ruler of a kingdom blighted by a diseased darkness and on the brink of war. His human wife Ildiko must decide if she will give up the man she loves in order to secure his throne. Three enemy kingdoms must unite to save each other, and a one-eyed, reluctant king must raise an army of the dead to defeat an army of the damned…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Loss of limb (hand)
Attempted infanticide recounted
Genocide
War themes & battle violence

Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven

Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven

Every year, each village is required to send a young woman to the Empire’s capital – her fate: to be burned alive for the entertainment of the masses. For the last five years, one small village’s tithe has been the same woman. Gilene’s sacrifice protects all the other young women of her village, and her secret to staying alive lies in the magic only she possesses. But this year is different. Azarion, the Empire’s most famous gladiator, has somehow seen through her illusion and is set on blackmailing Gilene into using her abilities to help him escape his life of slavery. And unknown to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Rape & attempted rape, on-page
Self-harm
Infertility
Blood & gore depiction
Murder
Torture
Kidnapping & captivity
Fire & immolation
War themes

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

n a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . .

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder
Animal death & abuse

Temple by Matthew Reilly

Temple by Matthew Reilly

Deep in the jungle of Peru, the hunt for a legendary Incan idol is underway – an idol that in the present day could be used as the basis for a terrifying new weapon. Guiding a US Army team is Professor William Race, a young linguist who must translate an ancient manuscript that contains the location of the idol. What they find is an ominous stone temple, sealed tight. They open it – and soon discover that some doors are meant to remain unopened…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism & racial slurs
Rape mentioned
Cheating
Blood & gore depiction
Decapitation
Murder
Gun violence
Explosions
Animal death
Nazism & the Holocaust
Colonisalism
Medical experiments in concentration camps mentioned

Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly

Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly

It is the biggest treasure hunt in history. Nearly every nation on earth is involved. A headlong race to locate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. A magnificent golden capstone once sat atop the Great Pyramid at Giza. It was a source of immense power, capable of bestowing upon its holder absolute global rule for a thousand years But then, in 323 BC, the capstone was broken into seven pieces and hidden within the greatest structures of the age: monuments that would become known as the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World. Now, with the coming of a rare solar event, the time has come to locate the pieces and rebuild the cap… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death in childbirth
Blood & gore depiction
Death of a friend
Murder
Explosion