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Under This Red Rock

by Mindy McGinnis

A murder mystery in the caverns

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A murder mystery in the caverns

Neely takes a job guiding tours through Ohio caverns, hoping their depths will keep her troubling hallucinations at bay. There she grows close to Mila, but after a staff party and Mila’s murder, Neely’s uncertain memories place her at the center of the investigation. The mystery draws together grief over a brother’s death, mental illness in the family, a developing crush, and the strain of questioning one’s own recollections. Its enclosed cavern setting gives the crime story a distinctive backdrop, while Neely’s perspective makes the search for the killer inseparable from her struggle to understand what happened.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young adult readers interested in psychological crime mysteries.
  • Readers drawn to stories involving grief, hallucinations, and uncertainty about memory.
  • Those looking for a mystery with a cavern setting and a developing same-sex crush.

Themes

Grief and family lossHallucinations and mental illnessMemory and uncertaintyRomantic attractionCrime and suspicion

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Book overview

A Chicago Public Library Best Teen Book of 2024

A 2025 YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction Selection

From award-winning author Mindy McGinnis comes a mesmerizing YA psychological mystery following a teen girl who is grappling with the death of her brother as she starts a new job in the caverns of Ohio--only to become the number one suspect in her coworker's murder. Perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Kathleen Glasgow.

Neely's monsters don't always follow her rules, so when the little girl under her bed, the man in her closet, and the disembodied voice that shadows her every move become louder, she knows she's in trouble. With a history of mental illness in her family and the suicide of her older brother heavy on her mind, Neely takes a job as a tour guide in the one place her monsters can't follow--the caverns. There . . . she meets Mila. Mila is everything Neely isn't--beautiful, strong, and confident. As the two become closer, Neely's innocent crush grows into something more. When a midnight staff party exposes Neely to drugs, she follows Mila's lead . . . only to have her hallucinations escalate.

When Mila is found brutally murdered in the caverns, Neely has to admit that her memories of that night are vague at best. With her monsters now out in the open and her grip on reality slipping, Neely must figure out who killed Mila . . . and face the possibility that it might have been her.

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