Young Adult
MYSTERY FICTION
Bethancourt, T. Ernesto. Doris
Fein,
Legacy
of
Terror. Y FIC Bethancourt
Having inherited fifteen million dollars, Doris goes to Chicago to
meet with a man who claims to be the real heir to the fortune,
only to
be kidnapped and involved with the most sinister members of
organized
crime.
Butler, Beverly. Ghost
Cat. Y FIC Butler
Visiting for the first time on the family farm with relatives she
doesn't
quite feel comfortable around, fourteen-year-old Annabel gradually
unravels
a mystery involving a crying cat, an abandoned house, a
forty-year-old
feud, suspicions of murder, and her own grandparents.
Chatterton, Martin. The
Brain
Finds
a
Leg. Y FIC Chatterton
In Farrago Bay, Australia, thirteen-year-old Sheldon is recruited
by
a new student, Theo Brain, to help investigate a murder, which is
tied
not only to bizarre animal behavior but also to a diabolical plot
to
alter
human intelligence.
Clark, Margaret Goff. Who
Stole
Kathy
Young? Y FIC Clark
Many tourists visit the Texas Gulf Coast, and Meg and Kathy are
sure
at least two of them look suspicious. But it is only a game until
Kathy
disappears.
Cross, Gillian. Tightrope.
Y FIC Cross
When she begins receiving bizarre threatening messages from
someone
who seems to know her every move, teenage Ashley, after seeking
help
from
the neighborhood tough guy, comes to realize that she alone can
end the
stalker's reign of terror.
Duffy, James. The
Graveyard
Gang. Y FIC Duffy
During the summer after seventh grade, life in a small New
Hampshire
town improves for Amy, when new friendships help her deal with her
father's
death, her mother's emotional problems, and the accusation that
she
killed
a local boy.
Feinstein, John. Change-Up
:
mystery
at
the
World
Series. Y FIC Feinstein
While covering baseball's World Series between the Washington
Nationals
and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan
Carol
investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an
interview
reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story.
Ferguson, Alane. The
Christopher
killer
:
a
forensic
mystery. Y FIC 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.
Ferguson, Alane. Show
Me
the
Evidence. Y FIC Ferguson
When, after a bizarre series of events, her best friend is accused
of murdering her own baby brother and two other babies, Lauren,
convinced
of her friend's innocence, joins her in trying to solve the
mystery and
find evidence to clear her name.
Giberga, Jane Sughrue. Friends
to
Die
For. Y FIC Giberga
Sixteen-year-old Cristina is forced to evaluate her sophisticated
world
of elegant New York apartments, private schools, and rich friends
when
a girl she knows is murdered after a party they both attended.
Hall, Lynn. Murder
at
the
Spaniel
Show. Y FIC HALL
Sixteen-year-old Tabby wonders what connection lies between her
boss,
a blind dog breeder, and the sinister death threats to his twin
brother
who has arrived to judge an important national show.
Hautman, Pete. Skullduggery.
Y Fic Hautman
During a field trip in the local woods, Roni and Brian find the
local
archaeology professor, Andrew Dart, knocked unconscious in a cave,
which
leads them to investigate a land development scheme.
Hautman, Pete. Snatched.
Y
Fic 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.
Henderson, Lauren. Kisses and Lies.
Y
FIC
Henderson
Orphaned British teenager Scarlett Wakefield postpones her romance
with
the handsome son of the school groundskeeper in order to travel to
Scotland with her American sidekick, Taylor, in search of clues to
the
murder of a boy who dropped dead after kissing Scarlett. (Series)
Kidd, Ronald. Second
Fiddle
:
A
Sizzle
&
Splat
Mystery. Y FIC Kidd
Two members of the Pirelli Youth Orchestra find their lives in
danger
when they try to find the practical joker whose string of pranks
includes
destroying a $50,000 violin.
Konigsburg, E. L. Up
from
Jericho
Tel. Y FIC Konigsburg
The spirit of a dead actress turns two children invisible and
sends
them out among a group of colorful street performers to search for
a
missing
necklace.
L'Engle, Madeleine. Troubling
A
Star. Y FIC L'Engle
As she tries to stay alive after being left on an iceberg in the
Antarctic,
sixteen-year-old Vicky recalls the series of events that brought
her to
the bottom of the world and involved her in a dangerous mystery.
Lee, Ying. A
Spy
in
the
House. Y FIC Lee
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief
Mary
Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls
where
she
is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called
The
Agency
and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in
hopes
of tracing his missing cargo ships.
McMann, Lisa. Cryer's
Cross. Y FIC McMann
Seventeen-year-old Kendall, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive
disorder, lives with her parents on a potato farm in a tiny
community in Montana, where two teenagers go missing within months
of each other, with no explanation.
McNamee, Graham. Acceleration.
Y Fic 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.
Murphy, Jim. Death
Run. Y FIC Murphy
An incident in a park leads to an accidental death, but a police
detective
wonders if it was an accident -- or murder.
Nixon, Joan Lowery. Search
for
the
Shadowman. YPB N
While working on a genealogy project for his seventh grade history
class, Andy Bonner becomes determined to solve the mystery
surrounding
a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune.
Page, Katherine Hall. Christie
&
Company. Y FIC Page
Three new eighth-grade girls at Cabot School find that their
shared
interest in mysteries comes in handy when the roommates are blamed
for
a series of thefts at the school.
Patneaude, David. Someone
Was
Watching. Y FIC Patneaude
When his baby sister disappears from the river near their summer
home,
eighth grader Chris fights the assumption that she has drowned and
uncovers
evidence that something entirely different has happened to her.
Peacock, Shane. Death
in
the
Air. Y FIC Peacock Series: The Boy Sherlock Holmes
After losing his mother while solving a brutal murder, young
Sherlock
Holmes commits himself to fighting crime. While visiting his
father at
work, Sherlock watches a dangerous trapeze performance. When the
troupe's star drops to his death, Sherlock notices something is
amiss
and realizes it was foul play. Be sure to check out more
titles
in this series!
Petersen, P. J. The
Freshman
Detective
Blues. Y FIC Petersen
Eddie, age fourteen, and Jack, age seventeen, find a skeleton
weighted
down in Muir Lake, and Jack thinks it just might be his father
who's
been
missing for nine years.
Qualey, Marsha. Close
to
a
Killer. Y FIC Qualey
Seventeen-year-old Barrie finds herself involved in a string of
murders
that are somehow connected to her mother's hair salon.
Silsbee, Peter. Love
Among
the
Hiccups. Y FIC Silsbee / Y PB S
Palmer Swain, a teenage tour guide in the Thousand Islands, finds
his
new romantic misadventures complicated by mysterious strangers
fighting
over possession of a decaying mansion.
Sleator, William. The
Spirit
House. Y FIC Sleator
Fifteen-year-old Julie investigates the suspicious behavior of the
Thai exchange student staying with her family and comes to believe
in
the
wish-granting power of a spirit that appears to have followed him
across
the ocean.
Strasser, Todd. The
Accident. Y FIC Strasser
After four of his friends leave a beer party and suffer a fatal
accident,
eighteen-year-old Matt senses something peculiar about the police
investigation
and suspects a cover-up to hide the identity of who was really
responsible
for the accident.
Vande Velde, Vivian. Never
Trust
A
Dead
Man. Y FIC Vande Velde
Wrongly convicted of murder and punished by being sealed in the
tomb
with the dead man, seventeen-year-old Selwyn enlists the help of a
witch
and the resurrected victim to find the true killer.
Voigt, Cynthia. The
Vandemark
Mummy. Y FIC Voigt
When, as the new Classics professor at Vandemark College, their
father
is made responsible for a collection of ancient Egyptian
artifacts,
twelve-year-old
Phineas and his older sister Althea try to find out why the
collection
is the target of thieves, especially when the mummy disappears.
Westall, Robert. Stormsearch.
Y
FIC
Westall
Tim Vaux's discovery of an antique model ship on an English beach
leads
him to an unsolved family mystery involving a London heiress, a
heartbroken
drunkard, and the fanatic miser Black Idris.
Yep, Laurence. The
Case
of
the
Lion
Dance. Y FIC Yep
When $2000 is stolen during the opening of a restaurant, Lily and
her
aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, search for the thief
throughout
San Francisco's Chinatown.
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