Author

Call #

Title

Bell, Hilari

BEL

A Matter of Profit

A young Vivitare soldier and his sister try to escape to freedom and solve the dangerous mystery of the T’Chin.

Bray, Libba

BRA

A Great and Terrible Beauty

After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

Cooney, Caroline

COO

The Terrorist

Sixteen-year-old Laura, an American living in London, tries to find the person responsible for the death of her younger brother Billy, who has been killed by a terrorist bomb.

Cormier, Robert

COR

The Rag and Bone Shop

A teen tries to solve the murder of hi seven-year-old neighbor, unwitting that he is a suspect himself.

Cross, Gillian

CRO

Tightrope

A graffiti artist finds herself drawn in to a local gang.

Donnelly, Jennifer

DON

A Northern Light

Murder in an Adirondack Hotel in 1906.

Doyle, Arthur Conan

DOY

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The detective investigates a fearsome phantom hound.

Feinstein, John

FEI

Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery

When Danny Jordan won a contest to cover the Final Four basketball tournament, he had no idea he would have to figure out who is blackmailing one of the star players to throw the championship game.

Finn, Alex

FIN

Nothing to Lose

A young carnie tries to clear his mother of his step-father’s murder.

Froese, Deborah

FRO

Out of the Fire

Dayle, a sixteen-year-old girl dealing with the typical teen problems of relationships, boys, school, and family, is faced with a whole new set of complications when she is badly burned in an accident and a friend seriously injured.

Galloway, Gregory

GAL

As Simple as Snow

The girl a teen loves disappears in the dead of winter.

Giles, Gail

GIL

Shattering Glass

Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, provokes unexpected violence when he turns the school nerd into Prince Charming

Giles, Gail

GIL

What Happened to Cass McBride?

After his younger brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge on the person he holds responsible.

Haddon, Mark

HAD

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas

HOO

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.

Kormam, Gordon

KOR

Son of the Mob

Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.

Mayor, Archer

MAY

The Second Mouse

Was a drug addict a victim of murder or suicide in Bennington, Vermont?

McDonald, Joyce

MCD

Shades of Simon Gray

Seventeen-year-old Simon lies in a coma, finding his space and time overlapping with that of a man who was lynched over 200 years ago, while a member of the cheating ring he has been helping wonders if their actions have caused the plagues assaulting their New Jersey town.

McMahon, Jennifer

MCM

Promise Not to Tell

Soon after returning to her childhood home in Vermont to care for her mother who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, Kate Cypher learns about a recent murder that is similar to one thirty-one years earlier in which her friend Del was the victim, and as she investigates, surprising details about the community begin to unfold.

McNamee, Graham

MCN

Acceleration

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.

Meltzer, Brad

MEL

The Zero Game

Congressional staffers become involved in a “game” which leads to murder and political dynamite.

Myers, Walter Dean

MYE

Monster

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

Plum-Ucci, Carol

PLU

The Body of Christopher Creed

Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.

Poe, Edgar Allen

POE

Complete Tales

Pullman, Philip

PUL

The Ruby in the Smoke

In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.

Qualey, Marsha

QUA

Close to a Killer

Seventeen-year-old Barrie finds herself involved in a string of murders that are somehow connected to her mother's hair salon.

Sebold, Alice

SEB

The Lovely Bones

Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon, the victim of a sexual assault and murder, looks on from the afterlife as her family deals with their grief, and waits for her killer to be brought to some type of justice.

Updale, Eleanor

UPD

Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman?

In Victorian London, after his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physician's case study exhibit to create a new, highly successful, double life for himself.

Vande Velde, Vivian

VAN

Never Trust a Dead Man

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.

Werlin, Nancy

WER

Black Mirror

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.

Zusak, Markus

ZUS

I Am the Messenger

After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.