Meddling Kids

How it reads

Meddling Kids is mystery (comic occult mystery, specifically), and its dominant mood is funny. The humour is the point, not garnish. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in a small town setting, in the recent past, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are friendship, secrets and redemption. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 322 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.