The Girl Is Murder

2.5 stars. I liked Iris enough as a character, and while I thought the mystery played out fine, it was everything else that didn't quite work for me. First, I thought the repetition of the fact it was 1942 became old quick. There's showing me a setting and a time period, which is done well, but then i......more

Veteran mystery writer Kathryn Miller Haines has penned her first YA mystery and like her adult mysteries, it is set in New York City during World War II. And though it is war time, the war seems to play the part of another character. The story isn’t war related, but the action couldn’t happen if th......more

I always liked Nancy Drew but also found her a little white bread if you get my drift. Iris Anderson is how Nancy Drew would be in reality, if Nancy's dad lost all his money and his leg. It's 1943 and Iris is just starting public school after going to private school for most of her life. Her father......more

Iris is desperate to help her father with his private dectective business. Since his injury in the war, she sees her services as indespensible to him, but since he's been gone half her life, all he can see her as is a little girl. There were elements of this book I liked very much. I love mid-century......more

I liked this book. Definitely nothing too special, but a nice mystery. The resolution was a bit underwhelming and I was missing the witty banter that could’ve thrived in the setting. Overall, a fine book, but don’t go in expecting an Agatha Christie.......more