MYSTERY Fiction for Teens

Down the Rabbit Hole
Abrahams, Elaine (YA ABRAHAMS)
Ingrid’s shoes land her smack in the middle of a murder.

Counterfeit Son
Alphin, Elaine (YA ALPHIN)
Why would you want a new identity? How about because your father is a serial killer?

Wolf Rider
Avi (YA AVI)
What do you do when the phone rings, and the person on the other end says “I just killed someone”?

Martyn Pig
Brooks, Kevin (YA BROOKS)
Oops. Martin accidentally killed his dad. Now he has to figure out how to dispose of the...you know...& get his inheritance. Good thing he reads mystery novels!

Get It Started (The Party Room #1 )
Burke, Morgan (YA BURKE)
All the prep crowd loves the Party Room. Until Sam’s found dead. And the killer is one of them.

Assassin (Lady Grace Mysteries #1)
Cavendish, Lady Grace (YA CAVENDISH)
Threats, dark secrets & murder descend on the court of Queen Elizabeth 1, and it’s up to Lady Grace to save the throne!

No Time to Die (Dark Secrets series)
Chandler, Elizabeth (YA CHANDLER)
Jenny has enrolled in the same theatre camp at which her sister was murdered. Now she seems to be getting visions from Liza — will her killer be revealed?

Sin City (CSI series)
Collins, MAX Allan (YA SERIES CSI)
A girl dies in a locked room. A woman disappears. Every day stuff for the Las Vegas’ CSI Team.

Wanted!
Cooney, Caroline (YA COONEY)
What if everyone—even your own mother—thought you murdered your own father?

In the Middle of the Night
Cormier, Robert (YA CORMIER)
Because of his father’s sin, Denny isn’t allowed to answer the phone—ever. One night, he does.

I Dream of Murder
Dexter, Catherine (YA DEXTER)
Two teenagers struggle to free themselves from the icy grip of the past.

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Doyle, Arthur Conan (YA DOYLE)
Is there truly a curse on the Baskerville estate? Does a killer ghost beast lurk about the moors?

I Know What You Did Last Summer
Duncan, Lois (YA DUNCAN)
They thought the worst summer of their lives was behind them….But some secrets refuse to stay buried.

Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?
Glenn, Mel (YA GLENN)
Who murdered their teacher & why?

Body Bags (Body of Evidence series)
Golden, Christopher (YA GOLDEN)
"The first day at college, my professor dropped dead. The second day, I assisted at his autopsy. Let's hope I don't have to go through four years of this...."

Biting the Moon
Grimes, Martha (YA GRIMES)
Why does Andi awaken in a strange room with no memory? Only the stranger who abducted—and abandoned her—can tell her. Now she must find him.

Facing the Dark
Harrison, Michael (YA HARRISON)
“Dad was arrested for murder on Tuesday.”

Ghost Canoe
Hobbs, Will (YA HOBBS)
A shipwreck. A murder. A buried treasure.

The Sword That Cut the Burning Grass
Hoobler, Dorothy (YA HOOBLER)
A samurai wannabe must rescue the Emperor & his sacred sword before both fall into the wrong hands.

The Kindaichi Case Files:
The Opera House Murders
Kanari, Yozaburo (YA GRAPHIC KANARI)
When drama students start dying, it’s up to the class slacker to find the culprit.

Troubling a Star
L’Engle, Madeleine (YA LENGLE)
The opportunity of a lifetime becomes a struggle for survival as Vicky becomes a pawn in a deadly game.

Yesterday’s Child
Levitin, Sonia (YA LEVITIN)
After her mom’s death, Laura uncovers some terrible secrets about her mother’s mysterious past.

Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls
Madison, Bennett (YA MADISON)
Lulu is so the opposite of Nancy Drew. But when her purse is stolen at a concert--with the lead singer's phone number inside!--she uncovers a twisted mystery.

ZOO
by Graham Marks (YA MARKS)
Cam just escaped kidnappers and the police. Now armed agents are after him, and he doesn't know why. Cam wants to go home, but then he finds out home is the most dangerous place of all.
THRILLER/MYSTERY - GRADES 8 & UP

Acceleration
McNamee, Graham (YA MCNAMEE)
Duncan discovers a would-be serial killer’s diary. Can Duncan stop him before he strikes for real?

The Other Side of Dark
Nixon, Joan Lowery (YA NIXON)
Recovering from a 4-year coma & a gunshot wound, Stacy discovers that her mother has been murdered—and she is the only eyewitness.

A Conspiracy Revealed (Hunter’s League #1)
Odom, Mel (YA ODOM)
Matt & his friends are on the trail of the vicious man who murdered his parents – and who has nefarious plans that spell the ruin of the British Empire…and perhaps the world.

Break the Surface (Watching Alice series)
Parker, Daniel (YA PARKER)
Tom’s new love Alice disappears. In his past & in her diary may be the answers to what happened.

The Body of Christopher Creed
Plum-Ucci, Carol (YA PLUM-UCCI)
Chris Creed was the class freak. When he disappears, the town is buzzing: did he runaway? Commit suicide? Has he been kidnapped? Murdered? The only clue is an email he sent 24 hours before he turns up missing.

The Ruby in the Smoke
Pullman, Philip (YA PULLMAN)
“Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within 15 minutes, she was going to kill a man.

Close to a Killer
Qualey, Marsha (YA QUALEY)
Citizens are being murdered. And the trail leads to Killer Looks— a salon full of stylists… who are convicted killers.

The Rose Queen (Missing Persons series)
Rabb, M.E. (YA RABB)
Sophie & Sam are trying to solve a missing persons case while staying missing themselves.

Nightmare
Roberts, Willo Davis (YA ROBERTS)
The police say it was suicide. But Nick knows the man didn’t want to die. Was it murder?

Fake I.D. (Hunted)
Sorrells, Walter (YA SORRELLS)
Has Chastity’s mom been murdered? She has 6 days to find out...if she doesn’t get murdered first.

Blood Trail
Springer, Nancy (YA SPRINGER)
Jeremy knows who Aaron was scared of the day he was murdered, but he can’t tell.

Blue is for Nightmares
Stolarz, Laurie (YA STOLARZ)
With girls getting murdered at school, Stacy turns to her grandmother’s folk magic to expose the killer.

Lord of the Kill
Taylor, Theodore (YA TAYLOR)
Who kidnapped an 800 pound tiger & left a body in the jaguar cage?

The Spirit Line
Thurlo, Aimee & David (YA THURLOW)
It’s only a rug. But Crystal cannot complete her coming-of-age rite until she finds who stole it.

Never Trust a Dead Man
Vande Velde, Vivian (YA VANDE)
Selwyn thought he disliked Farold when he was alive, but that’s nothing compared to Farold the undead.

The Killer’s Cousin
Werlin, Nancy (YA WERLIN)
“How did you feel when she went down? Did you feel powerful? Were you glad? Even just for a minute?”

So Yesterday
Westerfeld, Scott (YA WESTERFELD)
Hunter’s job: Trend setter. But his mission becomes finding his missing boss & stopping a consumerist plot.

The Christmas Killer
Windsor, Patricia (YA WINDSOR)
Rose’s ability to receive messages from a serial killer’s victim puts her in line to be his next target.

Sorcery & Cecelia, or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot
Wrede, Patricia (YA WREDE)
Two cousins find their lives take an interesting turn when they are confronted by evil wizards.

The Boy in the Burning House
Wynne-Jones, Tim (YA WYNNE)
What do you do when you don’t know who—or what—to trust?

I Am the Messenger
Zusak, Marcus (YA ZUSAK)
After he foils a bank robbery, Ed starts getting mysterious clues that lead to life-altering missions.

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