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Fiction
Acceleration by Graham McNamee
Stuck working in the Lost and Found of the Toronto Transit Authority
for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of
a serial killer and sets out to stop him.
The
Angel of Death: a Forensic Mystery by Alane Ferguson
Seventeen-year-old high school senior Cameryn Mahoney uses skills
learned as assistant to her coroner father to try to unravel the mystery
of a local teacher's gruesome death, while also awaiting a possible
reunion with her long-missing mother.
Blackthorn
Winter by Kathryn Reiss
An idyllic seaside artists' colony in England is the scene of murder,
and fifteen-year-old American-born Juliana Martin-Drake attempts to
solve the crime while unraveling the mystery of her own past.
Black
Mirror by Nancy Werlin
Convinced her brother's death was murder rather than suicide,
sixteen-year-old Frances begins her own investigation into suspicious
student activities at her boarding school.
The
Christopher Killer: a Forensic Mystery by Alane
Ferguson
On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old
Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer
of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger.
Dead
Connection by Charlie Price
A loner who communes with the dead in the town cemetery hears the
voice of a murdered cheerleader and tries to convince the adults that
he knows what happened to her.
Dead
Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles
Fourteen-year-old Sunny is stunned when a total stranger shows
up at her house posing as her older sister Jazz, who supposedly died
out of town in a fire months earlier.
Desert
Crossing by Elise Broach
A summer trip across the New Mexico desert turns nightmarish for
fourteen-year-old Lucy, her older brother Jamie, and his best friend
Kit, as they become involved in the suspicious death of a young girl.
Down
the Rabbit Hole: an Echo Falls Mystery by Peter
Abrahams
Like her idol Sherlock Holmes, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill
uses her intellect to solve a murder case in her home town of Echo Falls.
Echoes
from the Macabre: Selected Stories by Daphne
Du Maurier
A collection of nine tales of suspense and quiet terror includes
such du Maurier classics as The Birds, Don't Look Now, and Kiss Me Again,
Stranger
Framed by Malcolm Rose
Sixteen year old forensic investigator Luke Harding and his robot
sidekick Malc race to discover who is behind three student murders,
only to find that the evidence points to Luke himself.
The
Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos
The curse: excessive love for one's mother can lead to strange
and obsessive behavior in a small town outside of Chicago.
Lulu
Dark and the Summer of the Fox: A Mystery by Bennett
Madison
When a mysterious person called the Fox begins to threaten young
starlets, Lulu Dark investigates, even though she suspects that her own
mother--an aging actress--might be behind it all.
Mrs.
Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gillman
One of a series with Mrs. Pollifax as the clever detective who
appears to be a sweet old British lady doddering along.
Snatched by Pete Hautman
Too curious for her own good, Roni, crime reporter for her high
school newspaper, teams up with Brian, freshman science geek, to investigate
the beating and kidnapping of a classmate.
So
Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
Hunter Braque, a New York City teenager who is paid by corporations
to spot what is "cool," combines his analytical skills with
girlfriend Jen's creative talents to find a missing person and thwart
a conspiracy directed at the heart of consumer culture.
The
Vanishing Act by John Feinstein
Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie reunite at
the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious
disappearance of a top Russian player.
Non-Fiction
The
Devil in the White City: murder, magic, and madness
at the fair that changed America by Erik Larson
Mythbusters: the explosive truth behind 30 of the most
perplexing urban legends of all time by Keith Zimmerman
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