Mysteries and Thrillers
Here's where to find our list of recommended books that will keep you up at night following in the trails of killers and sleuths. If you would like to help make new lists or add on to an existing list call Carly @ 262-0626 or email at crencsko@biblio.org.
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| Abrahams, Peter | |
| Down the Rabbit Hole. 2005 | |
| 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. Sequels include Behind the Curtain and Into the Dark |
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| Broach, Elise | |
| Desert Crossing. 2006 | |
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. |
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| Ferguson, Alane | |
| The Christopher Killer. 2006 | |
| 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. Sequels include The Angel of Death and The Circle of Blood |
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| Galloway, Gregory | |
| As Simple As Snow. 2006 | |
| A mesmerizing labyrinth of art, magic, and cryptic love sparks the imagination in this arresting first novel about a young man's quest to unravel the puzzle his missing girlfriend may (or may not) have left behind. | |
| Hoffman, Mary | |
| The Falconer's Knot. 2007 | |
| Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love. | |
| Hoobler, Dorothy | |
| The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn. 1999 | |
| 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. Sequels include In Darkness Death, The Demon in the Tea House, The Sword That Cut Burning Grass, and A Samurai Never Fears Death |
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| Horowitz, Anthony | |
| Stormbreaker. 2001 | |
| After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6. Sequels include Point Blank, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike, Scorpia, Ark Angel, and Snakehead |
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| Madison, Bennett | |
| Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls. 2005 | |
| When someone steals her purse and her identity, high-school junior and reluctant girl sleuth Lulu Dark investigates. Sequels include Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox |
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| Nickerson, Sara | |
| How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found. 2002 | |
| With a swimming medal, the key to a mansion, and a comic book about a half-man/half-rat as her only clues, a twelve-year-old girl seeks the true story of her father's mysterious death four years earlier near an island in the Pacific Northwest. | |
| Ohba, Tsugumi | |
| Death Note (Graphic Novel). 2004 | |
| Light Yagami, son of a Japanese police chief, finds a death note dropped by a god of death, and decides to use it to rid the world of evil. When his murder spree catches the attention of the police, legendary detective L is assigned to the case and a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse begins. | |
| Peacock, Shane | |
| Eye of the Crow. 2007 | |
| A woman is found stabbed to death in London. A young boy is drawn to the scene to investigate the murder and becomes a suspect himself. Sequels include Death in the Air |
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| Price, Charlie | |
| Dead Connection. 2006 | |
| 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. | |
| Pullman, Philip | |
| Ruby in the Smoke. 1985 | |
| In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby. Sequels include The Tiger in the Well, The Shadow in the North, and The Tin Princess |
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| Shepard, Sara | |
| Pretty Little Liars. 2006 | |
| When one of their tightly-knit group mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything about their past and present secrets. Sequels include Flawless, Perfect, and Unbelievable |
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| Springer, Nancy | |
| The Case of the Missing Marquess. 2006 | |
| Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother. Sequels include The Case of the Left-Handed Lady, The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets, The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan |
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