Citation: Ryan, T. (2020). Keep this to yourself. Albert Whitman & Company.
Content Warnings: This novel explores mental health, suicidal ideation, grief, and murder.
Nova Scotian writer Tom Ryan has crafted a young adult thriller that is sure to please any fans of mystery and crime fiction. In the coastal village of Camera Cove, Mac Bell still reels in the aftermath of the death of his best friend. The unsolved serial murders committed by ‘the Catalog Killer’ (whose calling card is pinning a page of an old catalogue page to the victims clothing), that took the life of Mac’s best friend begin to resurface as cryptic messages suggest that all was not as it originally seemed.
The pacing of the book moves briskly and is sure to keep readers turning the page as they unravel the mystery alongside Mac. Suspenseful and offering representation via a strong queer protagonist, Keep This to Yourself is a live-wire thriller taking place in a familiar Maritime setting.