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The Nefarious Nights of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity

The Nefarious Nights of Willowweep Manor

Shaenon K. Garrity

Margaret K. McElderry Books · Print & ebook · August 12, 2025

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Who it’s for
A playful collision of pocket-universe fantasy, detective-story tropes, and a heroine testing her Gothic roots.
Themes
Murder mystery, Gothic-to-detective transformation
Genres
YA Mystery & Detective Comics, YA Fantasy Comics, YA Humorous Comics

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About this book

Haley must return to Willowweep to solve the mystery behind her friends vanishing in this hilarious sequel to the “well-paced and humorous…delightfully spirited” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult graphic novel The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor. Haley is summoned back to the Willowweep pocket universe to deal with a huge crisis: another pocket universe is collapsing, and the survivors are seeking refuge in Willowweep.

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Haley and herfriends discover that the newcomers are from a mystery-themed universe complete with a blustery colonel, a sweet old spinster, and a butler. But shortly after their arrival, strange things start happening to Willowweep…the once-Gothic pocket universe is transforming into a whodunit! As the tropes of a detective story start to multiply, a murder rocks Willowweep. And when she searches for the culprit, Haley begins to suspect that one of the newcomers is trying to eradicate Willowweep. One by one, all her friends disappear, and it’s up to Haley to get to the bottom of this mind-boggling mystery. Can she grow past her Gothic romance roots to become a new kind of heroine?

Gothic Meets Whodunit

A playful collision of pocket-universe fantasy, detective-story tropes, and a heroine testing her Gothic roots.

Come here for

  • Mystery tropes multiplying in a once-Gothic world
  • A humorous graphic-novel blend of fantasy and detection

Expect

  • A crisis that turns Willowweep into a whodunit
  • A mind-boggling mystery with friends disappearing

Where it sits

YA Mystery & Detective Comics86%
YA Humorous Comics46%
YA Fantasy Comics41%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Action & Adventure Comics
  • YA Fantasy Comics
  • YA Humorous Comics
Authors
Shaenon K. Garrity
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published
August 12, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Murder mystery · Gothic-to-detective transformation
Reading lane
YA Action & Adventure Comics