We start books with the best of intentions, but sometimes the timing isn't right.

Aurelien introduces five strange, mysterious, intriguing, and eerie recently started books. No spoilers!

Secretive Scottish boarding schools, cosmic crime scenes, ghosts (of course), seances, and more questions than a crossword.

• Madam by Phoebe Wynne (2021)

• Department Zero by Paul Crilley (2017)

• Small Town Monsters by Diana Rodriguez Wallach (2021)

• Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson (2018)

• The 39 Steps by John Buchan (1915)

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