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Riveting, suspenseful reads for those who love mind-bending challenges, intrigue, and atmosphere
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The murderer's ape
by Jakob Wegelius
Possessing a rare ability to completely understand human language, gorilla Sally Jones dresses in human clothing and silently moves among unknowing humans during a lucrative job with a cargo boat captain whose wrongful imprisonment for murder prompts Sally's quest for justice and survival.
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Dreamland burning
by Jennifer Latham
A dual-narrated tale by the author of Scarlett Undercover explores how race relations have changed in the past century through the story of 17-year-old Rowan, who investigates a century-old murder committed during the race riots of 1921 Tulsa.
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A study in Charlotte : a Charlotte Holmes novel
by Brittany Cavallaro
Rival teens Charlotte and Jamie, descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, investigate the mystery of why they are being framed for murder at their American boarding school.
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The body in the woods
by April Henry
While helping the Portland County Sheriff's Search and Rescue team search for a missing autistic man, teens Alexis, Nick and Ruby find the dead body of a girl and join forces to find the girl's murderer, forging an unlikely friendship in the process.
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With malice
by Eileen Cook
Waking up in the hospital six weeks after her senior trip to Italy with a broken leg and no memory of what happened, Jill discovers that she is on trial for her role in a suspicious fatal accident.
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I hunt killers
by Barry Lyga
Seventeen-year-old Jazz learned all about being a serial killer from his notorious "Dear Old Dad" but believes he has a conscience that will help fight his own urges and right some of his father's wrongs, so he secretly helps the police apprehend the town's newest murderer, "The Impressionist."
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Enchantment Lake : a Northwoods mystery
by Margi Preus
Francie, seventeen, leaves summer school and auditions in New York City for Enchantment Lake in the woods of northern Minnesota when her great-aunts call and ask for her help investigating a mystery that centers on a road no one wants built, and on the legendary treasure said to be under enchantment
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Down the rabbit hole : an Echo Falls mystery
by Peter Abrahams
When the director of her school play suddenly has an accident, her shoes go missing, and things in town start becoming more strange with every passing moment, Ingrid must find a way to get to the bottom of the matter in order to set things right in her small community of Echo Falls once again.
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Bullet point
by Peter Abrahams
The only thing 17-year-old Wyatt knew about his biological father was that he was serving a life sentence, but circumstances and a new girlfriend bring them together and soon Wyatt is working to prove his father’s innocence.
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The perfect shot
by Elaine Marie Alphin
Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who were gunned down a year ago, but the upcoming murder trial and a high school history assignment force him to face the past and decide how far he should go to see justice served.
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Knightley & son
by Rohan Gavin
A father and son detective team investigates the mystery surrounding a book that that makes its readers commit terrible crimes, and a sinister organization known as the Combination
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The door that led to where
by Sally Gardner
Accepting a legal clerk position after failing out of school, AJ receives an old key labeled with his birth date before discovering a portal to the past, where he and his scrappy friends investigate a 200-year-old crime. By the award-winning author of Maggot Moon.
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The amateurs
by Sara Shepard
Investigating the cold-case disappearance that first inspired her ambition to become a detective, Seneca Frazier teams up with fellow enthusiasts to investigate suspicious activity in a trendy community filled with dark secrets and shocking betrayals.
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Confessions of a murder suspect
by James Patterson
Tandy Angel is, along with her brothers, a suspect in their parents' murder but having grown up under Malcolm and Maud Angel's perfectionist demands, Tandy decides she must clear the family name no matter what
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I woke up dead at the mall
by Judy Sheehan
Waking up as a ghost at the Mall of America to discover that she has been murdered and her killer is still on the loose, Sarah receives guidance from her death coach so that she can try to resolve unfinished business or risk a permanent existence trapped in the mall.
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City of saints and thieves
by Natalie C. Anderson
Years after her beloved mother is murdered by her corrupt businessman employer, Tina, a girl who fled Congo during childhood, becomes an expert thief in order to support her younger sister and pursue a dangerous opportunity to exact revenge.
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Bluescreen
by Dan Wells
Using her smart-device brain implants to enjoy a higher quality of life in mid-20th-century Los Angeles, teen Marisa Carneseca experiments with an allegedly safe virtual drug only to become enmeshed in a dangerous conspiracy. By the best-selling author of the John Cleaver series.
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Kiss kill vanish
by Jessica Martinez
Witnessing a murder ordered by her wealthy father and carried out by her boyfriend, Valentina flees her life of privilege to assume a new identity.
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Panic
by Lauren Oliver
A high-stakes competition marks a summer in a small isolated community and compels graduating seniors Heather and Dodge to tap inner strengths while hiding dangerous secrets and forging unexpected alliances. By the best-selling author of Before I Fall.
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The safest lies
by Megan Miranda
Living in hiding with a mother who has been a shut-in after a traumatic incident that led to her conception, Kelsey finds herself the subject of media coverage in the aftermath of a dramatic accident that coincides with her mother's disappearance. By the author of Soulprint.
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Daughter of deep silence
by Carrie Ryan
A teen is hunted by a dangerous and wealthy family when she refuses to help cover up the truth after surviving an attack on a luxury yacht that killed her friend and family. By the best-selling author of the Forest of Hands and Teeth trilogy.
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