Super Quick Mysteries, Volume 1

Super Quick Mysteries, Volume 1

Andrew Stanek

  • 4.1 out of 5
  • 405 ratings
  • 306 pages
  • PG-13

Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13

This is a contemporary mystery centered on journalists and police unraveling murders, scams, and alibis. Expect talk of stabbings, shootings, blood at crime scenes, assaults, and break-ins, plus occasional blunt insults in workplace and personal arguments. There is no sexual content, strong swearing, racism, or LGBTQ+ themes in the sampled material. One reader describes reading aloud to children without objectionable language; parents should still know about the single harsh insult, mild put-downs, and steady crime-related violence including domestic abuse recalled in testimony.

How content ratings are chosen

Reviews first uploaded September 29, 2026 4:56 am. Revised October 7, 2026 8:35 am. Page updated October 7, 2026 8:35 am.

These summaries are AI-generated from relevant Amazon reviews of this book.

Crude Mild

7

Mild name-calling and dismissive labels appear sporadically when colleagues argue, critique news decisions, or judge risky behavior.

Amazon reviews mentioning crude

Specific words
  • idiot: 4
  • stupid: 3

Profanity Mild

1

A single harsh insult appears in dialogue when characters discuss a man who caused serious damage. One reader note describes the book as free of profanity; the text still includes this one term.

Amazon reviews mentioning profanity

Specific words
  • bastard: 1

Violence Moderate

30

The plot is a crime and mystery story with a stabbing murder, gunfire and bleeding injuries, crime-scene blood, fistfights including an attack on a mayor, property destruction, and a recalled episode of domestic violence involving thrown objects and hitting. Violence is discussed and investigated rather than prolonged graphic gore on every page.

Amazon reviews mentioning violence

Specific words
  • blood: 11
  • stab: 9
  • punch: 5
  • smash: 3
  • bleed: 1
  • kick: 1

About this book

Chuck is a lazybones who works at a sandwich shop. Andy is a reporter who can't quite seem to please his editor. Both have a knack for finding and solving mysteries, and there are plenty in the city of Lesser Redmond! Thirty super quick mysteries you can solve yourself! Read more