Here are our favorite mystery books. These titles are classified as Teen High School (TH) and can be found in the Teen section of the library.
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The Night in Question: An Agathas Mystery
by Kathleen Glasgow
When their school dance at the infamous site of a film starlet's unsolved death is interrupted by a violent assault, the Agathas must dig up the past to solve their new case, but what they unearth could very well kill them.
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We'll Never Tell
by Wendy Heard
Filming the last episode of their viral YouTube channel We'll Never Tell at the site of a shocking murder/suicide that took place in 1972, the members of the team who remain alive after one of them is killed must solve the murder mysteries past and present.
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Promise Boys
by Nick Brooks
Becoming prime suspects in the murder of their principal known for doling out extreme discipline, three Urban Promise Prep School students team up to catch the real killer and clear their names.
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Girl Forgotten
by April Henry
Starting a podcast to investigate the unsolved murder of Layla Trello, true-crime fan Piper Gray begins receiving anonymous threats warning her off the case, leading her to believe the killer is still out there.
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Foxglove
by Adalyn Grace
Navigating their futures in high society, Signa and her cousin Blythe are forced to entertain Fate, who is determined to have Signa for himself, and the two must play Fate's unexpected games with their destinies hanging in the balance.
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The Red Palace
by June Hur
In 1758 Joseon (Korea), 18-year-old palace nurse Hyeon works closely with a young police inspector to uncover the truth surrounding the murder of eight palace nurses when all the evidence points to the Crown Prince himself.
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Queen of the Tiles
by Hanna Alkaf
When her late best friends formerly inactive Instagram starts posting again during the Scrabble competition, with cryptic messages suggesting that her death was no accident, Najwa Bakri, surrounded by suspects, must find out whos behind these mysterious posts.
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Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets
by Chelsea Ichaso
Piper Sullivan was in a strange hiking accident last month and has been in a coma ever since. Her older sister, Savannah, can't pretend to be optimistic about it--things look bad. Piper will likely never wake up, and Savannah will never get any answers about what exactly happened. But then Savannah finds a note in Piper's locker inviting Piper to a meeting of their school's wilderness club...at the very place and on the very day she fell. Which means there was a chance that Piper wasn't alone. Someone might have seen something. Worse, someone might have done something. But who would have wanted to hurt the perfect Piper Sullivan--and why? To discover the truth, Savannah joins the club on their weekend-long camping trip on the same mountain where her sister fell. But she'd better be careful. Everyone in the club is a suspect, and everyone seems to be keeping secrets about that tragic day. And Savannah? She's been keeping secrets too...
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The Counselors
by Jessica Goodman
After a traumatic school year, camp counselor Goldie Easton is excited to reunite with her two best friends at an elite summer camp, but when a local boy is found dead on the grounds, all three must reveal a dark secret to find the murderer
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Anatomy : A Love Story
by Dana Schwartz
When Hazel, an aspiring female surgeon, meets Jack, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, they work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.
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Two Can Keep a Secret
by Karen M. McManus
While true-crime aficionado Ellery and her twin brother are staying with their grandmother in a Vermont community known for murder, a new friend goes missing and Ellery may be next.
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Nancy Drew - the Palace of Wisdom
by Kelly Thompson
Nancy Drew is seventeen and good at everything, especially solving crimes. But her life hits a snag when a mysterious message drags her back to the hometown she left behind. There she'll have to find out which of her friends are still her friends, which are enemies and who exactly is trying to kill her.
This title is found in the Teen Graphic Novel section of the library.
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Truly Devious
by Maureen Johnson
This series introduces sharp and funny detective Stevie Bell, whose first year at an elite boarding school finds her unraveling two mysteries, including one from the school's past and one in the present.
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The Silence of Bones
by June Hur
In Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, sixteen-year-old Seol, an indentured servant within the police bureau, becomes entangled in a politically-charged investigation into the murder of a noblewoman.
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Spin
by L. R. Giles
When a rising star of the local music scene is found dead, her two friends Kya--her pre-fame best friend--and Fuse--her chief groupie--must team together to find out who murdered her.
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Sadie
by Courtney Summers
Told from the alternating perspectives of nineteen-year-old Sadie who runs away from her isolated small Colorado town to find her younger sister's killer, and a true crime podcast exploring Sadie's disappearance.
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Patron Saints of Nothing
by Randy Ribay
Setting aside his college ambitions when he learns that his cousin has been murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, a high school senior travels to the Philippines to uncover the truth and the part he may have played in it.
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The June Boys: A Novel
by Courtney C Stevens
Believing her missing cousin has become the latest victim of an elusive kidnapper behind at least a dozen disappearances, Thea Delacroix investigates the abductor’s strange patterns before coming to a devastating conclusion about his identity.
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
by Holly Jackson
Five years after the shattering murder and suicide of two popular teens, a skeptical high school student reexamines the case before uncovering disturbing clues about what really happened.
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What I Want You to See
by Catherine Linka
After winning a prestigious scholarship at the end of a painful senior year marked by the loss of her mother, a visual arts student struggles under her teacher’s inscrutable criticism before she is inspired to secretly paint her own version of his masterpiece.
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