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Counterfeit Son by Elaina Marie Alpin
(FIC ALP) Mystery
When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out, his abused son Cameron, adopts the identity of one of his father’s victims in order to find a better life.
Wolf Rider: a Tale of Terror by Avi
(FIC AVI) Mystery
After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him.
The Executioner by Jay Bennett
(FIC BEN) Horror
Three survivors of a car crash, in which the drive is killed, are threatened by an executioner who thinks they should die too.
All the Truth That’s in Me by Julie Berry (FIC BER) Mystery
"Judith can't speak. But when her close-knit community of Roswell Station is attacked by enemies, Judith is forced to choose: continue to live in silence, or recover her voice"-
The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford (FIC FOR) Mystery
Eighteen-year-old Christopher, who plans to be a spy, learns of a murder cover-up through his summer job as a morgue assistant and teams up with Tina, a gorgeous newspaper reporter, to investigate, despite great danger.
What Happened to Cass McBride by Gail Giles
(FIC GIL) Mystery
After his younger brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge on the person he holds responsible.
On the Street Where You Live . (FIC CLA) Mystery
Feeling a need for stability after her divorce and pursuit by a stalker, criminal defense attorney Emily Graham accepts a job with a Manhattan law firm and buys the former family house in New Jersey. When the house is renovated, the corpse of a missing woman turns up along with evidence linked to a family disappearance in 1892.
Fake ID by Lamar Giles (FIC GIL) Mystery
"An African-American teen in the Witness Protection Program moves to a new town and finds himself trying to solve a murder mystery when his first friend is found dead"
Period 8 by Chris Crutcher (FIC CRU) Mystery
Period 8 has always been a safe haven and high school senior Paulie "The Bomb" Baum a constant attendee, but as Paulie, Hannah, their friends, and a sympathetic teacher try to unravel the mystery of a missing classmate, the ultimate bully takes aim at the school.
The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
(FIC COR) Mystery
Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.
Phoning a Dead Man by Gillian Cross
(FIC CRO) Mystery
When John, a British demolitions expert, is supposedly killed blowing up a building in Siberia, his fiancée Annie insists on investigating, despite being in a wheelchair, and John's teenage sister Hayley goes along and finds that the Russian Mafia is involved.
Daughters of Eve by Lois Duncan (FIC DUN) Horror
A high school teacher uses feminist philosophy to manipulate the lives of a group of girls with chilling results.
When by Victoria Laurie (FIC LAU) Mystery
Sixteen-year-old Maddie Flynn cannot help but see the death date of everyone she meets or sees in a photograph or on-screen, and her alcoholic mother exploits this by having her do readings for money, but when Maddie predicts the death of a young boy, she becomes the center of an FBI investigation.
“A” is for Alibi by Sue Grafton (FIC GRA) Horror
A woman wrongly convicted of murdering her husband hires private detective Millhone to find the real killer.
Jude by Kate Morgenroth
(FIC MOR) Mystery
Still reeling from his drug-dealing father's murder, moving in with the wealthy mother he never knew, and transferring to a private school, fifteen-year-old Jude is tricked into pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit.
The Queen’s Man by Sharon Penman
(FIC PEN) Mystery
Justin de Quincy, the illegitimate son of a high cleric, becomes invaluable to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine when he delivers a letter to her with information about the fate of her first-born son, Richard Lionheart, England's king.
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
(FIC LOC) Mystery
Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.
The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb (FIC MCC) Mystery
Laura Bruce, wife of a minister in Appalachia, experiences danger after she is asked by the sheriff to help tend two children who survived a murder-suicide at their family farm.
Unnatural Deeds by Cyn Balog
(FIC BAL) Mystery
Victoria Zell, a high school misfit coping with anxiety, is quite content with her homeschooled, agoraphobic boyfriend until she becomes obsessed with a charismatic new boy.
Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore
(FIC CAS) Mystery
Recently orphaned Jane accepts an unexpected invitation from an old acquaintance to an island mansion where she will face five choices that could ultimately determine the course of her newly untethered life
*Anything by Dean Koontz is good

Mystery and Suspense Books

The Mozart Conspiracy by Scott Mariani
(FIC MAR) Mystery
Former British Special Air Service officer Ben Hope is enlisted by his first love, world-famous opera star Leigh Llewelyn, to investigate her brother Oliver’s death, and soon finds himself caught up in a mystery involving Mozart and a shadowy organization that may have killed the composer and is now gunning for him and Leigh
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
(FIC RUB) Mystery
Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying.
Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano
(FIC COS) Mystery
A math-whiz from a trailer park discovers she's the only student capable of unravelling complex clues left by a serial killer who's systematically getting rid of her classmates.
Through Her Eyes by Jennifer Archer
(FIC ARC) Mystery
Sixteen-year-old Tansy is used to moving every time her mother starts writing a new book, but in the small Texas town where her grandfather grew up, she is lured into the world of a troubled young man whose death sixty years earlier is shrouded in mystery.
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
(FIC JOH) Mystery
Rory, of Boueuxlieu, Louisiana, is spending a year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved with the very unusual investigation.
You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin
(FIC BEA) Mystery
When hard-boiled, seventeen-year-old private investigator Dalton Rev transfers to Salt River High to solve the case of a dead student, he has his hands full trying to outwit the police, negotiate the school's social hierarchy, and get paid.
All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
(FIC JAR) Mystery
After the death of his ex-girlfriend Carly, northern California high school student Neily joins forces with Carly’s cousin Audrey to try to solve her murder.
The Confession by John Grisham
FIC GRI) Mystery
A young man has been wrongfully convicted of a crime and faces execution in Texas, but his lawyer, the flamboyant Robbie Fleck, is committed to proving his innocence.

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