If you were a fan of Nancy Drew but thought the only thing missing was a bit more adventure-look no further than Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold!  Kitty is a brave young pilot with the desire to prove herself. She leaves her small Canadian fishing village to spend the summer in Alaska studying humpback whales from her plane high above.  Little does Kitty know she will encounter more than whales! She faces a motley crew of criminals, stolen gold, and maybe a real-life curse! Kitty’s adventure is full of history, action, and mystery-a perfect combination for any age.  

A mother is missing, presumed dead.  As the first anniversary of her death looms closer, Billie’s husband, Jonathan, is finding it hard to let go as he continues to work on his memoir about the loss.  Their daughter, Olive, begins seeing visions of her mother, telling Olive to come find her.  Did she really die in a hiking accident, or has she disappeared out of their lives on purpose?  As Olive investigates, Jonathan’s doubts begin to cloud his every thoughts.  He learns that Billie may not have been completely truthful about her weekend hiking excursions, thinking that she may have led a double life.  Full of twists and turns, I couldn’t believe the ending to Janelle Brown’s mystery.  It’ll leave you staying up way past your bedtime to find the next clue to Billie’s disappearance and the truth behind her identity.  (I speak from experience because that’s exactly what happened to me several nights in a row.)  Read more to let me tell you what I loved, and why I’m adding this the “Page-Turner” Club.

It’s early in the morning, and a fresh blanket of snow has just covered a sleepy suburb in Colorado.  All is calm until the body of high school student Lucinda Hayes is found on the playground.  When the popular and beloved girl is found murdered on school grounds, her entire community is shaken to its core.  In the days following Lucinda’s death, we follow the aftermath through the alternating perspectives of three specific people: the boy that loved her from afar, the girl that was jealous of her, and the officer investigating her murder.  Through their collective eyes, we learn more about how Lucinda has forever connected them together.

The narrators are unreliable, the perspective shifts, and the ending hits you out of nowhere.  I have a lot of thoughts on Danya Kukafka’s debut novel, Girl in Snow (out today!), and I’ll tell you all about this chilling novel as you read more.

Based on a true story, The Wife, the Maid and the Mistress takes a look at the not-so-perfect life of Judge Joseph Crater.  One night in August 1930 he steps into a taxi and is never seen again.  The truth behind his disappearance is told by the three women who know him the best: his wife, his maid, and his mistress.
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Ariel Lawhon does a wonderful job immersing you in the time period-think Gatsby-esque parties, speakeasies, chatter, and gangsters.  Between the language, locations, and the types of characters (Did I mention there are gangsters?), I was sure this one would make it to the top of my list.  I was excited to see what and how each of these main women contributed to the disappearance of the Judge.  At the end, I still had some questions that I was dying to have answered about this piece of historical fiction, much like I do with the true story.  So why am I recommending it to you?  The journey is so fun, that I just have to share.  Read more to find out what I liked, and what just didn’t do it for me with this good book.

I finished All the Missing Girls nearly two days ago, and I've listened to TWO reviews for it...but I still can't decide how I feel about it.  It's been compared to The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive (which I have yet to read), and for good reasons.  The book is a tense read, just how I like my thrillers.  It's got the trifecta of a perfect mystery: more than one missing person, a woman with a past she wants to forget, and a town that doesn't want to forget.  It almost reached "page-turner" status for me, but not quite.