Masterminds Payback by Gordon Korman, 312 pages

I've really enjoyed this series. Very glad that Rebecca recommended it.

Murder in the Queen's Wardrobe by Kathy Lynn Emerson, 251 pages

London, 1582: Mistress Rosamond Jaffrey, a talented and well-educated woman of independent means, is recruited by Queen Elizabeth I's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, to be lady-in-waiting to Lady Mary, a cousin of the queen. With her talent in languages and knowledge of ciphers and codes, she will be integral to the spymaster as an intelligence gatherer, being able to get close to Lady Mary just at the time when she is being courted by Russia's Ivan the Terrible.
However, there are some nobles at court who will do anything they can to thwart such and alliance and in her quest to protect her ward-and her estranged husband-Rosamund must put herself in mortal peril.
I was not overly impressed with this. I've read a lot of historical fiction and this didn't ring true at all. Rosamund seemed way too independent and outspoken to be accurate and the plot didn't seem believable at all. Not one of my favorite reads.

Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris, 338 pages

This was probably the darkest Sebastian St. Cyr mystery yet with the torture and murder of a street urchin setting off an investigation into the disappearances of the unwanted children of London. This series is well-written, filled with historical details and intriguing characters and a compelling mystery (or two.) Now starts the wait for the next one to come out.

Like One of the Family by Alice Childress, 221 pages

This was a collection of short stories that originally dated from the late 1950s by a African-American writer. It's Mildred, who's a domestic in New York, talking to her friend, Marge, about a variety of subjects and topics. This was pretty shocking when it came out, and is still compelling. No matter how far the world has come in race relations, we still have a long way to go it seems.

The End of Oz by Danielle Paige, 277 pages

This is the final book in the Oz series by Danielle Paige. The series has imagined what would happened if Dorothy returned to Oz? But this isn't the happy, cute story you know from the movie. Dorothy is power-hungry, her friends Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion are terrifying and Oz is paying the price.
This was a great teen read, very compelling and interesting for anyone who enjoyed the Oz story and wondered what happened after.

Dorothy Must Die Stories Volume 3, 258 pages

The final collection of novellas in this fantastically dark series.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 274 pages

I'm so glad book club read this for May. I knew I'd read it before, but it had been a long time ago, and I had it in my mind that it was okay, but not my favorite. It was much better than I remember. It was a sweet read, reminding me very much of The Little Princess (also by the same author) and Little Women. So glad to have my opinion of this book changed.