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Reviewed by Rabia Tanveer for Readers' Favorite
The Mystery Next Door: Lindsey Lame Teenage Gumshoe by A. Goode Reed is the story of Lindsey Lame, a girl who relies on her family for anything and everything. She cannot imagine living without them and she does not wish to, ever. Living in Trinidad and Tobago was everything she ever knew. So you can imagine her surprise when her parents decide to move to America for a better future. Her brother, father, and she make it safely to the new country, but her mother and the rest of her family are left behind.
There is no time for them to be a family again in the strange new country. Only after three days in the USA, Lindsey and Nassan have to go to a new school, a high school, and we all know the horrors that happen there. Lindsey was already frightened to be a foreigner in the new school, but when things go downhill from day one, she knew this was not going to be a pleasant journey for her and Nassan.
Don’t we all count on our families to get by in hard times? Then why is Lindsey different? That is the whole point, isn’t it? She is no different from anyone. She is us in every single aspect and I absolutely adored her for that. I connected with her right from the start - her awkwardness, her frightened mind, and her need to find support from her family is everything that I am. How many novels have that? How many characters portray this simple human characteristic found in each and every one of us? One in a million, and this novel is exactly that! It was great!
