Mysteries Teen Fiction Suggested Reading List Titles located in YA Fiction or YA paperbacks by the author’s last name *Series

Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams Fake ID by Lamar Giles Like her idol Sherlock Holmes, eighth-grader In- An African-American teen in the Witness Protection grid Levin-Hill uses her intellect to solve a murder Program moves to a new town and finds himself case in her home town of Echo Falls. (Grades 7+) trying to solve a murder mystery when his first friend is found dead. (Grades 9+)

My Grandfather, Jack the Ripper by Claudio Apone Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin A clairvoyant thirteen-year-old uses his gifts to time After Jennie Lovell's fiancé, Will, is killed during travel in search of clues to the unsolved crimes of the Civil War, she forms an alliance with a spirit Jack the Ripper, but a more personal crime awaits photographer and uses her ability to talk to the him in the present. (Grades 7+) dead to investigate the secrets Will was hiding and how he really died. (Grades 7+)

Find Me by Romily Bernard The Girl is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines When teen hacker and foster child Wick Tate In 1942 New York City, Iris grieves for her mother finds a dead classmate's diary on her front step, who committed suicide and for the loss of her life with a note reading "Find me," she sets off on a of privilege, and secretly helps her father, a detec- perverse game of hide-and-seek to catch the tive, since he, having lost a leg at Pearl Harbor, killer. (Grades 9+) struggles to make ends meet. (Grade 7+)

Seconds Away: A Mickey Bolitar novel* Kiss Me Kill Me by Lauren Henderson by Harlan Coben Longing to be part of the in-crowd at her exclusive When tragedy strikes close to home, Mickey Bolitar school, orphaned Scarlett, a trained gymnast, and his new friends find themselves at the center of eagerly accepts an invitation to a party whose a murder mystery. (Grades 7+) disastrous outcome changes her life forever. (Grades 8+) Phoning a Dead Man by Gillian Cross When her brother, a demolition expert, is killed in Blood Will Tell by April Henry an explosion, Hayley agrees to accompany his Teen Portland Search and Rescue team member wheelchair-bound fiancée to the scene of the Nick Walker becomes a prime suspect in a murder. accident, but both suspect that their only escorts (Grades 7+) have possible Mafia connections. (Grades 7+)

Change-Up by John Feinstein The Bone Magician by F.E. Higgins While covering baseball's World Series, teenage A boy's quest to uncover the truth about how a sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate "bone magician" raises the dead puts his own a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an life in peril and embroils him in a dark mystery. interview reveal more than a few contradictions in (Grades 7+) his life story. (Grades 7+)

Remote Man by Elizabeth Honey The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson Ned and his depressed mother leave Australia for a On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, rest in America, but he is soon on the trail of interna- 17 year old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge tional smugglers of exotic animals, with help from of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend his Internet friends. (Grades 7+) while putting herself in terrible danger. (Grades 8+)

Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe Fake ID by Lamar Giles While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, An African-American teen in the Witness Protec- Jasmine stumbles upon a murder that she attempts tion Program moves to a new town and finds him- to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived self trying to solve a murder mystery when his first from California. (Grades 9+) friend is found dead. (Grades 8+) Mysteries, pp. 2 The Reformed Vampires Group by Catherine Jinks Confessions: The Private School Murders* Teen vampire Nina has been stuck for 51 years in a by James Patterson boring support group for vampires, and nothing Tandy struggles to remember details about her affair exciting has ever happened to them, until one of with the son of a family enemy while tackling 2 cases them is murdered and the others must try to solve including her brother’s wrongful murder charge and the crime. (Grades 7+) a series of murders occurring on New York's Upper West Side. (Grades 8+) The Seventh Knot by Kathleen Karr Lock & Mori by Heather Petty Two brothers touring Europe in the 19th century In London, Miss James "Mori" Moriarty is looking become embroiled in a mystery involving Albrecht for an escape from her recent past and spiraling Durer's knot woodcuts and a secret German society home life when she takes classmate Sherlock when they go in search of their uncle's enigmatic Holmes up on his challenge to solve a murder Grades 7+) missing valet. ( mystery . (Grades 9+) The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress Vivian Divine is Dead by Lauren Sabel Three teenage assistants for three powerful men in Fleeing to Mexico after receiving a death threat, Edwardian London meet at a ball and discover the teen movie star Vivian Divine is pursued by a body of a murdered man, prompting them to team ruthless killer and teams up with the mysterious up in order to investigate the case without drawing Nick, whom Vivian fears she cannot fully trust. undue attention to themselves. (Grades 7+) (Grades 7+)

A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee Far From You by Tess Sharpe Rescued from the gallows, Mary is offered a place at Wrongly blamed for a friend's death because of Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is her past addiction to painkillers, Sophie endures a trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit forced stint in rehab while struggling with peer and infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of animosity and trying to figure out who is really tracing his missing cargo ships. (Grades 7+) responsible for what happened. (Grades 9+)

The Season by Sarah MacLean The Lying Game by Sara Shepard Showing no interest in the fancy balls and parties After seeing a girl who looks just like herself in a enjoyed by the rest London society, 17 year 0ld Lady violent video, Emma, who lives with a foster family, Alexandra seeks adventure as she investigates the begins a search to find out what happened to the puzzling murder of the Earl of Blackmoor, father of girl. (Grades 9+) devilishly handsome Gavin. (Grades 7+)

High & Dry by Sarah Skilton Ink & Ashes by Valynne Maetani Framed for a stranger's drug overdose, blackmailed When Japanese American Claire finds out that her into finding a flash drive, and pressured to throw an deceased father was once a member of the yakuza, upcoming soccer game, Charlie Dixon soothes his a Japanese crime syndicate, danger enters her life broken heart by abusing alcohol during a week that could end up killing someone. (Grades 7+) spent trying to clear his name. (Grades 9+)

Missing in Tokyo by Graham Marks When his sister is reported missing, teenager Adam travels from England to Tokyo, Japan to look for her. (Grades 9+)

Acceleration by Graham McNamee Stuck working in the Lost and Found of the Toronto Transit Authority , Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him. (Grades 9+)

Black Taxi by James Moloney When Rosie agrees to take care of her grandpa’s Mercedes while he is in jail, she gets more than she bargained for, including being thrust into the middle of a jewel heist mystery and being attracted Santa Clara City Library to a dangerous boy. (Grades 8+) Teen Services, 2016