This was very cute and cosy and I would recommend it as a winter time read, it was slow at times but I don't think that is bad in this case

A great new mystery series and I can't wait to read more. Really great details keep you interested until the end.

this was a great start to a mystery series, I was invested from the beginning and thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The mystery was great and I enjoyed getting to know the characters.

I LOVED this book. So much so that I bought a copies for family members. Wonderful story, engaging characters, and a well crafted mystery,

There were too many strands to the story and it detracted from the main. I could not connect the characters very much and it confused this reader.

The train station architect is murdered and Henrietta's aunt's friend is under suspicion.
This book had an interesting setting - set in a post collapse world where librarians have all the power.
Henrietta tries to find the murderer by using her connections in town while staying out of trouble.

This book had a really interesting description however sadly it failed to live up to expectation.
The writing was clumsy and in all honesty came across as quite juvenile in style. As a result of this I found it had to follow the plot or become invested in the characters.
With some work this could be good as the basic idea is interesting.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately this story didn't keep my attention and it fell flat.
Not my cup of tea.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

S.A. Gibson's Henrietta Gets A Clue has a good story line and potentially a good plot. It was an entertaining tale of an amateur sleuth, Henrietta, solving her first mystery and saving the town from a murderer. All while trying to clear her aunts best friend’s name. I gave this book a 2 out of 5 stars. Overall there were just too many elements that could have been improved upon to give it any higher of a rating. For instance, the time period is not clear. It is assumed it is in the future after some apocalyptic event (“the collapse"). But it is not fully explained in the story. That leads to further questions that needed answers that never came. Sometime in the future after this event there are Librarians. But who they are or what they do is uncertain. Gibson also does not do a good job of letting the reader know when a scene changes. She often jumps hours or days at a time with no explanation or break. The characters could be having a conversation regarding the murder and the next sentence it is hours later and something completely different is happening. I had to reread several pages and paragraphs trying to understand what was trying to be said. The biggest miss for me in this book was the lack of suspense. I guessed the outcome of the book less than half way through. The final scene when Henrietta is about to discover who the killer is has a good build up. Then it just ends! It doesn’t tell the last scene in detail! Just jumps to the next day and bam the final crescendo is over. I gave it the first star because the plot is interesting and the second because it has potential. I just did not enjoy Gibson's writing style on this book. I will give her next book in the series a try though.

The description was appealing - murder of the station architect. We gathered this was in a post-Collapse world where trains were just starting to arrive somewhere out west, I think. The heroine is at a Native American school - maybe a pupil, maybe a teacher, and visiting family when the murder occurs.. She works with the local sheriff trying to work out the murder. My problems is that it reads like a script - lots of dialogue between the characters but practically nothing about the people themselves, context - historical or physical. It feels as if it should be a TV series where you sit and watch but don't get absorbed. Whilst I'm perfectly capable of imagining what people and locations look like a good book should draw that for you, drawing you into the story as seen by the author. I want to immerse myself in it, not the shallow TV spectacle. Thanks to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

S. A. Gibson's, Henrietta Gets a Clue, was a fast reading story about a young girl caught up in a murder investigation.

Henrietta, raised by her Aunt Julia since she was 6 years old, has recently returned to her Aunt's home after leaving the tribal school she was attending.

Present at the train station for the reopening of a local stop, her Aunt's friend, Gabriella, is seen arguing and striking Stefan Ferguson, the architect responsible for the station's renovation.

Before long Gabriella is wanted for the murder of Ferguson.

Positive of her innocence, Henrietta embarks on a mission to prove her Aunt's best friend innocent.

With all due respect, I found it difficult to focus while attempting to read Henrietta. First, I was put off by the very first paragraph that ended with a preposition.

The second reason I couldn't focus was due to boredom. The characters were bland and had no traits. The story lacked descriptive details and explanations. And the mystery was non-existent.