Counterfeit Son by Elaine Alphin (YA FIC ALPHIN)

When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shootout with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father’s victims.

The Thin Woman by Dorothy Cannell (ADULT M CANNELL)

Overweight Ellie must lose weight in order to inherit her uncle’s millions – and escape being murdered at the same time.

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (ADULT M CHRISTIE)

Considered the best mystery novel ever written by many readers, And Then There Were None is the story of 10 strangers, each lured to Indian Island by a mysterious host. Once his guests have arrived, the host accuses each person of murder. Unable to leave the island, the guests begin to share their darkest secrets--until they begin to die.

Compass in the Blood by William E. Coles (YA M COLES)

While working with a Pittsburgh television journalist on a project to uncover the truth about the 1902 Katherine Soffel scandal, college student Dee Armstrong learns about different types of betrayal.

Burning Up by Caroline Cooney (YA FIC COONEY)

Fifteen-year-old Macey Clare was looking forward to the summer, hoping for fun and romance with her neighbor's grandson, Austin. But when Macey decides to research the burning of a barn in her hometown for a school project, she finds that no one is willing to talk about what really happened that night. She has always loved her quiet, beautiful town where her grandparents live and her mother was raised. Will Macey be able to face the past and understand the present?

In the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier (YA M CORMIER)

Sixteen-year-old Denny lives in the shadow of a deadly accident with which his father was connected when he was Denny's age, a disaster for which some of the survivors still blame his father.

The Devil’s Teardrop by Jeff Deaver (ADULT FIC DEAVER)

A genius/madman/psychopath slaughters dozens of innocent people at a subway stop in Washington, D.C., and threatens to continue the bloodshed every four hours until his demands have been met.

Dovey Coe by Frances O’Roark Dowell (JRHI DOWELL)

When accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a stronged-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother.

Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? by Mel Glenn (JRHI GLENN)

Free verse poems describe the reactions of students, colleagues, and others when a high school teacher is shot to death as the school day begins.  

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler (JRHI HOOBLER)

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.

Cutting Loose by Michael Z. Lewin (YA FIC LEWIN)

A girl, who dresses like a boy in order to play professional baseball during the late nineteenth century, tracks the murderer of her best friend to London where she encounters the killer of her father.

Whispers From the Dead by Joan Lowery Nixon (JRHI NIXON)

After making contact with the spirit world during a near-death experience, Sarah moves to Houston with her parents and receives otherworldly messages about a murder committed in her house.

Who Are You? by Joan Lowery Nixon (YA M NIXON)

When the police discover that a man who has been shot has been keeping a file of her entire life, sixteen-year-old Kristi, an aspiring artist, suspects a connection with the possible theft of a painting from a museum.

The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman (YA FIC PULLMAN)

Sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.

Twisted Summer by Willo David Roberts (YA FIC ROBERTS)

Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.

Alias by Mary Elizabeth Ryan (JRHI RYAN)

Fifteen-year-old Toby, who has spent his entire life traveling from place to place with his mother as she constantly changes her identity, discovers that she is a political fugitive from justice.

Magic Can Be Murder by Vivian Vande Velde (JRHI VANDE VELDE)

Nola and her mother have unusual abilities that have always set them apart from others, but when Nola sees a murder using her power to call up images using water and a person's hair, she finds herself in the worst danger ever.

Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin (YA FIC 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 Killer’s Cousin by Nancy Werlin (YA FIC WERLIN)

After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange young cousin Lily.

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