The Bibliophile's Compass

Title : Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) Author : Jesse Q. Sutanto Publication Year : 2025 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐💫 Pages : 336 Source : audiobook @storytel.tr Genre : Thriller, crime fiction, Mystery, Suspense, comedy Awards : 2026 Edgar's Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award Nominee; 2026 Audie Award for Best Mystery Finalist You thought Vera was finally done collecting victims, murderers, and traumatized families like Pokémon. You. Were. Wrong. Spectacularly wrong. After solving the last mystery, she got so cocky she started mentally updating Sherlock’s resume to include her . In her head, she’s not just the new Sherlock—Sherlock is Vera-lite. This time, though, crime doesn’t come knocking on her door. She goes out, hunts it down, drags it home, and dares anyone to try and stop her. And as if that’s not enough chaos, she’s decided her newly adopted family is simply not big enough. Apparently, she wants more screaming, more drama, and more people to traumatize w...

1719 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe | UK | 288 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2013 Red Sky in Morning by Paul Lynch | Ireland | 288 | 2019 Anxious People by Fredrik Backman | Sweden | 352 | 2023 Happy Place by Emily Henry | US | 400 | 2023 Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane | US | 320 | 2023 We Are a Haunting by Tyriek White | US | 272 | 🏆🏆🏆 2024 Fragile Animals by Genevieve Jagger | Scotland | 284 | 2024 Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor | UK | 224 | 2024 A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray | UK | 464 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for April: https://fable.co/list/3088a6ea-b9b8-44fb-bcfb-4de408996dec/share

Title : Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Author : Jesse Q. Sutanto Publication Year : 2023 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐💫 Pages : 339 Source : audiobook @storytel.tr Genre : Thriller, crime fiction, Mystery, Suspense, comedy Awards : Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback; Audie Award Winner for Mystery; Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery When the real world and your TBR pile are tag-teaming your mental health, “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers” becomes less a book and more an emotional support. You’ll be laughing or smiling, sure—but also busy mentally yanking your own hair out one strand at a time because of Vera, the nosiest granny in the history of tea and crime. A dead body shows up in her nearly empty tea shop, and suddenly she’s Sherlock Holmes, Asian Auntie Edition: labeling evidence with sticky notes, interrogating people over dumplings, and aggressively adopting every suspect like they’re on sale at Costco. It’s unbearably hilarious and glorious...

1852 A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins | UK | 48 | ⭐⭐⭐ | My Review 1967 The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton | US | 224 | 2024 Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other by Danielle Dutton | US | 162 | 2025 The Poet's Wife by Judith Allnatt | UK | 400 | 2025 The Sister Switch by Charlotte Butterfield | UK | 345 | 2025 The Venetian Heretic by Christian Cameron | CAN | 384 | 2025 The Wedding Game by Elle Cook | US | 381 | 2025 The Darkening Globe by Naomi Kelsey | UK | 308 | 2025 Murder on Line One by Jeremy Vine | UK | 375 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for April: https://fable.co/list/3088a6ea-b9b8-44fb-bcfb-4de408996dec/share