The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan
on October 15, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Crime, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Fiction / Thrillers / General, Fiction / World Literature / Canada / 21st Century
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The Treasure Hunters Club skillfully braids together the lives of three unlikely sleuths: Peter, nearing forty and stuck in a rut until a mysterious letter pulls him back to Maple Bay; Cass, a writer whose career has stalled, grasping at a second chance while housesitting in the seaside town; and Dandy, a sharp and determined teenager whose late grandfather left her a clue to the town’s greatest unsolved mystery. Their paths cross in a place where pirate lore, family secrets, and old grudges run just as deep as the tides.
I was pulled in quickly—this book wastes no time setting the stage and keeps a brisk pace throughout. The narrative feels like a treasure hunt in the truest sense, not of gold and jewels, but of half-buried letters, forgotten notebooks, and scraps of stories that have lingered in Maple Bay for generations. The twists were genuinely surprising—I thought I knew where the mystery was heading, only to be blindsided (in the best way) by revelations I didn’t see coming.
Each perspective added something unique, but Dandy in particular stole the show for me. She’s quirky, stubborn, and felt like a Gen Z Nancy Drew—though at times, it stretched believability that a teenager could take on so much detective work. Still, she was easily my favorite character to follow.
My only real complaint is that there were a lot of characters to keep straight. Everyone seemed to play a role in the mystery, which occasionally made it hard to track who was who. But aside from that, I found the prose engaging, the setting atmospheric, and the puzzle at the center truly satisfying.
For me, this was a solid 4-star read—fast-paced, clever, and just the right balance of suspense and small-town intrigue.
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