Mysteries for Teens
Lots of great teen mysteries are out there waiting to be discovered - and solved. MS=Books for middle school readers
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Ace of Spades
When an anonymous texter starts revealing Devon and Chiamaka's secrets to the Niveus Academy student body, they start to wonder if they're being targeted as the only Black seniors at the prestigious school.
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Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know
Aspiring art historian Khayyam joins forces with the descendent of Alexander Dumas to uncover the story behind a centuries-old painting, and the legendary Muslim woman who inspired it.
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Queen of the Tiles
Najwa Bakri returns to the Malaysian Scrabble tournament where her best friend died suddenly a year before to rumors that her death was really a murder. MS
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Wicked Things
Teen detective Charlotte Grote finally gets the recognition she deserves…then ends up arrested for the murder of a rival sleuther.
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The Inheritance Games
After inheriting the bulk of an eccentric billionaire’s estate, Avery is required to live in his Texas mansion along with his dysfunctional family for a year. While there she discovers why she inherited and who is trying to kill her. MS
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Firekeeper's Daughter
Daunis uses her knowledge of chemistry and traditional plants and medicine to assist an undercover FBI officer investigating a series of meth-related deaths that affect Daunis’ white and Annishinabe communities.
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One Great Lie
Seattle teenager Charlotte thinks she's getting the experience of a lifetime to study writing in Venice with one of her favorite writers, Luca Bruni. It quickly becomes more than she bargained for as Bruni shows his predatory nature and Charlotte unravels an ancestral mystery.
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Diamond Park
Four friends, Flaco, Magaña, Tiny, and Susi, go to Diamond Park, Texas, to pick up a '59 Chevy Impala. One of them ends up arrested for murder, and the others head to Mexico to clear their friend and search for the real murderer.
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Eyes of the Forest
Obsessive readers have been waiting for the next installment of RM Haldon's epic fantasy series for years. When one takes his fandom too far and kidnaps the writer, Portland teen Bridget might be Haldon's only hope of rescue.
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The Forest of Stolen Girls
Min Hwani reunites with her sister to investigate what happened to their detective father and the 13 girls who have all disappeared from the Korean Island of Jeju.
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