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Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock In 1867, Sherlock Holmes, an impoverished young outcast with a Jewish father and a highborn mother, visits the scene of a woman's brutal murder, where he meets a wrongly accused young Arab and becomes a suspect himself. The Name of the Game was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon When 15 year-old Samantha goes to Catalina Island to visit her uncle, a successful author who has just written a tell-all novel about his high-profile friends, she becomes involved in his manipulative game that leads to murder. The Stalker by Joan Lowery Nixon A killer is on the loose in a small Texas town. Jennifer, with the help of a retired police detective, sets out to find the murderer only to learn he has been stalking her all along. st To Die by James Patterson Four friends--homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer, medical examiner Claire Washburn, assistant district attorney Jill Bernhardt, and crime reporter Cindy Thomas--team up to track down a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco, but their investigation goes terribly wrong. Women’s Murder Clubseries. Along Came a Spider by James Patterson Detective Alex Cross works with the Secret Service to track down an elusive, murderous, serial kidnapper with multiple personalities after the daughter of a Hollywood actress and son of the Secretary of Treasury are taken. Alex Cross series. Close to a Killer by Marsha Qualey 17 year-old Barrie finds herself involved in a string of murders that are connected to her mother's hair salon. Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan digs up the remains of a nun who may qualify for sainthood in Montreal but finds they have been moved and tampered with. She begins investigating a suspicious cult in a journey that takes her to the Carolinas and then back to Canada. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb Set “in a time and place where technology rules the world.” Eve Dallas, a police lieutenant in near-future New York, goes against her instincts when she becomes involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire who just happens to be a prime suspect in Eve's latest murder investigation. In Death series. Fake ID: a novel by Walter Sorrells After a lifetime of moving and assuming new identities, 16 year-old Chass begins to piece together the past that haunts her and her mother which involves a mysterious tape, a deceased popular singer, and the secrets of several people in a small Alabama town. Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin Convinced her brother's death was murder rather than suicide, 16 year-old Frances begins her own investigation into suspicious student activities at her boarding school.
A select list of Mystery and Suspense books from the BHS Library/Media Center collection. T
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    Page 2 WHODUNNIT The Perfect Shot by Elaine Marie Alphin Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who were murdered; however, the upcoming trial and a high school history assignment force him to face the past. Brian saw a mysterious jogger run by at the time of the murders, but his Dad says not to get involved. Brian worries about a miscarriage of justice--should he speak up with evidence that might exonerate an innocent man of the crime? Martyn Pig by Kevin BrooksMartyn Pig's life goes from bad to worse when he accidentally kills his father, and he must choose whether to tell the police the truth about what happened and be suspected of murder, or get rid of the body and pretend nothing ever happened. Cat Who Tailed a Thief by Lilian Jackson Braun When thefts occur in Pickax and two people from Pickax are murdered, journalist Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, start investigating. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Ten strangers are gathered together by an anonymous host who begins to kill them off one by one. Weep No More, My Lady by Mary Higgins Clark Elizabeth Lange is haunted by the death of her sister Leila, who plunged from the balcony of her New York penthouse under mysterious circumstances. While visiting a glamorous spa, Elizabeth decides to find out exactly what happened. Shelter : a Mickey Bolitar novel by Harlan Coben After Mickey witnesses his father's death and his mother's admission into rehab, he is sent to live with his estranged uncle and change high schools. But when Mickey's new girlfriend, Ashley, suddenly disappears he refuses to let another person walk out of his life and follows clues that reveal truths about both Ashley and Mickey's father. Wanted! by Caroline B. Cooney Alice suspects something is wrong when she gets a call from her father insisting she drive his precious Corvette to meet him, even though she does not have a driver's license. She realizes someone has set her up when she learns that her father is dead and she is the number one suspect. All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell Medical Examiner Dr.Kay Scarpetta searches for the cause of death in the case of five young couples whose decomposed bodies are found without shoes and socks deep in the woods. Bones, fragments of clothing, and a jack of hearts are all that remain. The Twelfth Card by Jeffery Deaver Quadriplegic forensic investigator, Lincoln Rhyme, is trying to find out why a man was stalking a high-school student. He finds himself on a cat-and-mouse chase through the streets of Manhattan as he tries to outguess a cunning serial killer. Plum Island by Nelson DeMille When a couple is found murdered in their Long Island home, NYPD detective John Corey uncovers a chilling link between the couple's deaths and the theft and illegal sale of geneti-cally altered viruses, and races against time to stop the possible release of a deadly plague. Page 3 WHODUNNIT Nothing to Lose by Alex Flinn A year has passed since Michael fled his impossible home life to join a traveling carnival. Now the 17 year-old runaway has returned to Miami to find his mother going on trial for the murder of his abusive stepfather. What really happened? Only Michael knows the whole truth, but will he come forward? Huge by James FuerstEugene "Huge" Smalls is short, mean, angry, and brilliant—characteristics which win him no friends. He is also an amateur sleuth with his first real case. Angel of Death by Alane Ferguson 17 year-old high school senior Cameryn Mahoney uses skills learned as assistant to her coroner father to try to unravel the mystery of a local teacher's gruesome death, while also awaiting a possible reunion with her long-missing mother. Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters by Gail Giles 14 year-old Sunny is stunned when a total stranger shows up at her house posing as her older sister Jazz, who supposedly died in a fire months earlier. Kiss Me Kill Me by Lauren HendersonLonging to be part of the in-crowd at her exclusive London school, orphaned, 16 year-old Scarlett, a trained gymnast, eagerly accepts an invitation to a party whose disastrous out-come changes her life forever. Sequels: Kisses and Lies and Kiss in the Dark. Death Cloud by Andy Lane In 1868, with his army officer father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously "unwell," 14 year-old Sherlock Holmes is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their house in Hampshire, where he uncovers his first murder and a diabolical villain. Incident at Loring Groves by Sonia Levitin While partying in an abandoned house with friends who are using drugs, Cassidy and Ken face a difficult decision when they find a classmate murdered and risk implicating them-selves if they go to the police. Long Island Noir edited by Kaylie Jones “Suburbia may be even meaner than the big city." A collection of stories, written by notable mystery authors, each set in a distinct Long Island location. Acceleration by Graham McNamee 17 year-old Duncan hates his summer job in the lost-and-found department of Toronto Transit. One day he stumbles upon a diary in which a man reveals he is stalking a woman and plans to kill her. Will Duncan be able to stop the murder? Velocity by Dean Koontz Bartender Billy Wiles thinks the note on his windshield threatening the murder of a schoolteacher if he ignores it or the murder of an elderly woman if he goes to the police is a hoax; but when a young teacher is killed and he receives other warnings, his life becomes a living nightmare.