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Suspect
by
Kristin Wolden Nitz (Goodreads Author)
This well-plotted whodunit will hook readers from the start and keep them reading until the surprising solution is revealed.
Hardcover, 199 pages
Published
October 1st 2010
by Peachtree Publishers
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Feb 25, 2011
Carolynne
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Early Mary Stewart and Mary Stolz fans
A surprising YA mystery-romance: surprising because except for the mention of cellphones and Dockers, it could have been written in 1965. And maybe they actually had Dockers in 1965, I don't know. Jen's dad, long divorced from Jen's missing mother Ellen, insists that Jen spend a summer working at the resort hotel run by his mother, really to keep an eye on Jen's Grandma Kay.
SPOILER AHEAD: Dad is convinced his mother is losing it because she has the wacky notion that Ellen is not missing but dea...more
SPOILER AHEAD: Dad is convinced his mother is losing it because she has the wacky notion that Ellen is not missing but dea...more
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This is total comfort food for a girl who grew up reading Nancy Drew. Trashy gentle teen mystery about a girl who works for her grandmother's b&b and finds out the truth about her missing mom.
Although I do have some complaints.
For one thing, the cover is WAY too edgy cool for this book. There's nothing about our protagonist that triggers hot pink OR skulls, or even distressed font.
Also, and this isn't really a complaint, but could the romance drama be any more transparent? It's seriously l...more
Although I do have some complaints.
For one thing, the cover is WAY too edgy cool for this book. There's nothing about our protagonist that triggers hot pink OR skulls, or even distressed font.
Also, and this isn't really a complaint, but could the romance drama be any more transparent? It's seriously l...more
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Suspect is about a girl named Jen who's mom disappeared when she was small, but she would receive presents, letters, and postcards. Suddenly, Jen stopped receiving gifts and letters in the mail which made her wonder about her mother's disappearance. Her grandma is convinced that the letters were forged and that her mother was murdered. She is desperate to find out who's responsibility it is for her mother's disappearance.
I picked up this book because I wanted a different genre to read. I'm tryi...more
I picked up this book because I wanted a different genre to read. I'm tryi...more
I think I liked this more while I was reading it and then the more I thought about it afterwards the more issues I had. Really I would give this 2.5 stars for "I liked it ok". The mystery fell sort of flat for me, I wasn't in love with any of the characters ...but there were some elements that were fun and I liked it enough to read the whole thing. What this book did for me was made me want to join a murder mystery weekend at an inn...that seems like fun.
Oh and two things that were sort of surpr...more
Oh and two things that were sort of surpr...more
I chose this book to read because I like to read and write mysteries. Suspect was recommended as an example of well-placed clues and red herrings. While it was a mystery, the author did take us into the mind of 17 year old Jen whose mom had disappeared from her life at an early age. We see the impact of jen's not knowing what really happened to her as the story progresses and also her strengths and flaws as an unfolding teenager protagonist. Even though this was a mystery and there was a death,...more
Suspect by Kristin Wolden Nitz is about a girl named Jen whose mom disappeared when she was a little girl, but she would still receive presents, letters, and postcards from someone claiming to be her mother. All of a sudden she stopped receiving the presents and letters which made her think about what really happened to her mother. Jen goes to her grandma’s motel to solve the mystery with the help of her relatives. At Jen’s grandma’s motel her uncle admits that he was the one sending the present...more
Suspect was a great little read. The mystery weekend hosted Jen's Grandmother at a Victorian Bed and Breakfast keep Jen on her toes. Her Mother disappeared years ago, and the gifts and notes have stopped coming. Jen's Father sent her to help her Grandmother out with this Mystery weekend as she is short of help and he believes that the mystery may also be based around the disappearance of Jen's Mother.
The book pulled me in, it was a nice little mystery, and I knew some of the answers before they...more
The book pulled me in, it was a nice little mystery, and I knew some of the answers before they...more
Jen's mother left her as a young child. At age seventeen, her father asks her to help out at her grandmother's Bed and Breakfast because he thinks she is not emotionally stable. Her grandmother is convinced that Jen's mother never left intentionally...and she was murdered. Jen begins to wonder if the gifts and letters she received over the years really could be from her mother's murderer. When I began this book, it was difficult to get involved in the story or characters, but I wonder if it was...more
Nov 09, 2010
Jan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
young adult girls, reluctant young adult readers
Jen will by spending the summer helping at her grandmother's bed and breakfast in Missouri. Every summer at the B&B includes an elaborate mystery weekend. This year Jen's grandmother also hopes to solve the mystery surrounding Jen's own mother who has been missing for 14 years.
This was a fun fast read. I enjoyed the characters and the location (Missouri has wine country?!?). I also enjoyed the sense of family that the book conveys. The mystery of her mother is also very good
This was a fun fast read. I enjoyed the characters and the location (Missouri has wine country?!?). I also enjoyed the sense of family that the book conveys. The mystery of her mother is also very good
I just now started the book Suspect by Kristin Wolden Nitz. This book is about a girl, who's parents are divorced because her mother was always gone, and she is sent to her grandmother's inn for the Summer. When she arrives she finds that her grandma thinks her mother is dead. This doesn't sound like the type of book I would like but I will have to see and find out. This is nothing like my life so I can't relate to it.
Whodunit is the million dollar question in this well plotted mystery.
The only thing I didnt like about this book was that at the end she goes out with her "uncousin" which I thought was really wierd.
Other than that I thought it was an exceptionally well written book that ends the elaborate plot with an unexpected ending.
I would reccomend this book to anyone looking for a mystery.
The only thing I didnt like about this book was that at the end she goes out with her "uncousin" which I thought was really wierd.
Other than that I thought it was an exceptionally well written book that ends the elaborate plot with an unexpected ending.
I would reccomend this book to anyone looking for a mystery.
Jen's mother disappeared when she was just a child, and while she's considered many possibilities for the disappearance, murder was never one of them. But when she gets sent to her grandmother's bed and breakfast for the summer, she finds out that her grandmother, who hosts murder mystery games for her guests, has begun to suspect just that and has designed her latest murder mystery game around the details of Jen's mother's life and disappearance in hopes of uncovering the truth.
The murder myste...more
The murder myste...more
I have always liked reading Nancy Drew books. So this book i really liked. It was a good mystery book. While reading this book, i thought so many people had done it. i suppose thats what the author wanted to happen. I couldn't put this book down. Finished it in a couple of hours. If you like mystery books this is a good book for you :)
What would you do if your mom disappeared? Would you believe that she just left you? Or would you think that something happened to her?
Jen's mother disappeared when she was a toddler, but she gets letters from her for her birthday and Christmas and stuff. So why does her grandmother all of a sudden think Jen's mom is dead? Grandma Kay is throwing a "mystery" weekend party--the real purpose of which is to find out who killed Jen's mom, Ellen.
Jen doesn't know what to believe. Were the letters sh...more
Jen's mother disappeared when she was a toddler, but she gets letters from her for her birthday and Christmas and stuff. So why does her grandmother all of a sudden think Jen's mom is dead? Grandma Kay is throwing a "mystery" weekend party--the real purpose of which is to find out who killed Jen's mom, Ellen.
Jen doesn't know what to believe. Were the letters sh...more
Though far from a "Wow, that was stellar!" I truly enjoyed it for what it was: a fun, "I don't wanna think toohard, jus twanna be entertained, darn it!" read. Think old school Clue (the movie version based on the game) meets Janet Evonovich for teens -- a secret pleasure kind of cheese. :)
This book was so amazing! The very first day I got it I read like 96 pages. I would recomend it to any one who is in to mysteries. This was actually the vey first mystery book I have read, and it was such a great book. So yes. Very good book.
If you have a free two hours read the book but if not do not waste your time. The book was decent, far from anything I would rave about.
Also, the cover doesn't fall in line with the book at all!
I enjoyed this new teen mystery with a mystery-within-a-mystery. Here's my full review:
http://greatbooksforkidsandteens.blog...
http://greatbooksforkidsandteens.blog...
this book was a pretty good book with romance, friendship, truth, mystery, and murder.
i recommend this book but it wasn't one of my favorites
i recommend this book but it wasn't one of my favorites
rly good and a must read. i feel like i say that for all books.....
Had a lot of fun with it until the ending.
GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: This one starts out with a great mystery premise-girl trying to find the truth about her long-missing mother during a murder mystery weekend hosted at her grandmother's bed and breakfast. Unfortunately, it quickly looses any of the mystery. The mystery falls flat, the story is cut too short and the characters are just never fully developed. I would have liked this one more if the mystery hadn't been so cheesy and if the book had actually had about 50 pages more to the pl...more
Way too convoluted. And something is wrong when my reaction to learning the identity of the murderer is, "Wait, who is that again?"
this was really good and i wish there was a second one... i hope i can find another book like this to read!!
I feel like this was written in 1982.
AWESOME MYSTERY!
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