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Don't Look Back

Jennifer Armentrout - Hyperion Books
Format: Hardcover

Samantha is a stranger in her own life. Until the night she disappeared with her best friend, Cassie, everyone said Sam had it all-popularity, wealth, and a dream boyfriend. Sam has resurfaced, but she has no recollection of who she was or what happened to her that night. As she tries to piece...
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You Killed Wesley Payne

Sean Beaudoin - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

He's come to do a job. A job that involves a body. A body wrapped in duct tape found hanging from the goal posts at the end of the football field. You Killed Wesley Payne is a truly original and darkly hilarious update of classic pulp-noir, in which hard-boiled seventeen year-old...
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Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator

Josh Berk - Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Guy Langman can't be bothered with much. But when his friend Anoop wants Guy to join the forensics club with him in the (possibly misguided) hopes of impressing some girls, Guy thinks why not.They certainly aren't expecting to find a real dead body on the simulated crime scene...
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Girl Last Seen

Anne Greenwood Brown - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Kadence Mulligan's star was rising. She and her best friend, Lauren DeSanto, watched their songs go viral on YouTube, then she launched a solo career when a nasty throat infection paralyzed Lauren's vocal chords. Everyone knows Lauren and Kadence had a major falling-out over Kady's boyfriend....
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A Study in Charlotte

Brittany Cavallaro - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

The first book in a witty, suspenseful new series about a brilliant new crime-solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. This clever page-turner will appeal to fans of Maureen Johnson and Ally Carter.Jamie Watson has always been intrigued by Charlotte Holmes;...
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No Such Person

Caroline B. Cooney - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller The Face on the Milk Carton, comes a new riveting page-turner.Murder. One of the Allerdon sisters has been charged with a pre-meditated killing and taken to jail. It doesn't seem possible--but it's happening. What was supposed to be a typical...
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Splinter

Sasha Dawn - Carolrhoda Lab
Format: Print book

Sixteen-year-old Sami hasn't seen her mother in ten years and neither has anyone else. The police suspect Sami's father had something to do with her mom's disappearance, but Sami's never believed that. Her mother chose to abandon her and start a new life. It's that simple.But now, evidence...
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Buzz Kill

Beth Fantaskey - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Putting the dead in deadlineTo Bee or not to Bee? When the widely disliked Honeywell Stingers football coach is found murdered, 17-year-old Millie is determined to investigate. She is chasing a lead for the school newspaper - and looking to clear her father, the assistant coach, and prime...
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All Eyes on Her

Flynn, L. E. - IMPRINT


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I Killed Zoe Spanos

Kit Frick - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

"The YA thriller of the summer." - Bustle First print edition includes blue sprayed edges! For fans of Sadie and Serial, this gripping thriller follows two teens whose lives become inextricably linked when one confesses to murder and the other becomes determined to uncover the real...
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Overturned

L R Giles - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book

Nikki Tate is infamous, even by Las Vegas standards. Her dad is sitting on death row, convicted of killing his best friend in a gambling dispute turned ugly. And for five years, he's maintained his innocence. But Nikki wants no part of that. She's been working on Operation Escape Vegas:...
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Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

John Grisham - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

A perfect murder A faceless witness A lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth . . . and he's only thirteen years old Meet Theodore Boone In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he's only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he's one of them. Theo knows...
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The Night She Disappeared

April Henry - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover

Gabie drives a Mini Cooper. She also works part time as a delivery girl at Pete's Pizza. One night, Kayla -- another delivery girl -- goes missing. To her horror, Gabie learns that the supposed kidnapper had asked if the girl in the Mini Cooper was working that night. Gabie can't move beyond...
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Kara Thomas and Karen McManus, an addictive, twisty crime thriller with shades of Serial and Making a Murderer about a closed local murder case that doesn't add up, and a girl who's determined to find the real killer--but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.Everyone...
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Ghost Flower

Michele Jaffe - Razorbill; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Eve, a runaway, finds a new job at a coffee shop on the outskirts of Tuscon. When she's approached by two wealthy teens who claim she bears an uncanny resemblance to their missing cousin Aurora, her life takes a turn for the dark and mysterious. Drawn into a scheme to win Aurora's...
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Truly Devious: A Mystery

Maureen Johnson - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists....
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When I Am Through with You

Stephanie Kuehn - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A gripping story of survival and the razor's-edge difference between perfect cruelty and perfect love. "This isn't meant to be a confession. Not in any spiritual sense of the word. Yes, I'm in jail at the moment. I imagine I'll be here for a long time, considering. But I'm not writing...
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My Sister Rosa

Justine Larbalestier - Soho Teen
Format: Hardcover

"Beats The Silence of the Lambs for suspense - it's the kind of book that had me literally gasping aloud as it rattled to its incredible conclusion." - Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author of HomelandWhat if the most terrifying person you know...
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I Hunt Killers

Barry Lyga - AudioGO
Format: Book

Jazz is a likable teenager. A charmer. But hes also the son of a (now incarcerated) infamous serial killer, and Dear Old Dad (as Jazz calls him) has taught Jazz everything he knows. But what Jazz doesnt know is whether or not he is destined to follow in his fathers footsteps. He knows he has urges,...
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Killing November

Adriana Mather - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Hang a Witch comes a thriller set at a secretive boarding school where students are trained to carry on family legacies that have built--and toppled--empires. November is trapped. At the mysterious Academy Absconditi,...
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The Outliers

Kimberly McCreight - HarperCollins
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia comes a fast-paced teen series where one girl learns that in a world of intrigue, betrayal, and deeply buried secrets, it is vital to trust your instincts.It all starts with a text: Please, Wylie, I need your help. Wylie...
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One of Us Is Lying

Karen M. McManus - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation...
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Two Can Keep a Secret

Karen M. McManus - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

"When it comes to YA suspense, Karen M. McManus is in a league of her own. Fresh off her best-selling breakout One of Us Is Lying . . . the author has returned with a juicy second novel. It's even better than what came before." --EWThe New York Times bestselling...
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People Like Us

Dana Mele - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A sharp psychological thriller that's just right for fans of Thirteen Reasons Why and Pretty Little Liars--this story will seduce, mislead, and finally, betray you.Kay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet, but the past is past, and she's reinvented herself entirely. Now she's...
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The Safest Lies

Megan Miranda - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Jennifer Donnelly and E. Lockhart will be captivated by this YA psychological mystery about a girl who must face her darkest fears - but can she outrun the past? Kelsey has lived most of her life in a shadow of fear, raised to see danger everywhere. Her mother hasn't set foot...
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Broken Things

LAUREN OLIVER - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

It's been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods. Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend. That driven by their obsession with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their fantasies...
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The Girl on the Run

Gregg Olsen - Polis Books
Format: eBook

A riveting, edgy Young Adult thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen with a memorable protagonist who is a mix of Lisbeth Salander and Dexter Morgan.A twisted murder, a tangle of lies . . . Now Rylee must run for her life. What if you discovered that everything...
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Nancy Drew: The Curse

Micol Ostow - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

Based on the TV series Nancy Drew, the most-watched new show on the CW! In this prequel novel, the beloved teen sleuth investigates a sinister, once-dormant curse that may be threatening her town once more. This is Nancy Drew for today, perfect for fans of Riverdale, The Chilling Adventures...
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In the Hall with the Knife: A Clue Mystery, Book One

Diana Peterfreund - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

A murderer could be around every corner in this thrilling YA trilogy based on the board game CLUE! When a storm strikes at Blackbrook Academy, an elite prep school nestled in the woods of Maine, a motley crew of students - including Beth "Peacock" Picach, Orchid McKee, Vaughn...
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The Body of Christopher Creed

Carol Plum-Ucci

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The Mystery of Hollow Places

Rebecca Podos - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book

The Mystery of Hollow Places is a gorgeously written, stunningly original novel of love, loss, and identity, from debut author Rebecca Podos.All Imogene Scott knows of her mother is the bedtime story her father told her as a child. It's the story of how her parents met: he, a forensic pathologist;...
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Desert Angel

Charlie Price - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Print book

Fourteen-year-old Angel wakes up one morning at her desert trailer home to discover her mother has been murdered by a lowlife named Scotty, who has vanished. Angel has no water, no weapon, but she knows that Scotty, an expert tracker and hunter, will surface soon in order to eliminate her as a witness....
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Keep This to Yourself

Tom Ryan - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

It's been a year since the Catalog Killer terrorized the sleepy seaside town of Camera Cove, killing four people before disappearing without a trace. Like everyone else in town, eighteen-year-old Mac Bell is trying to put that horrible summer behind him - easier said than done since Mac's...
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To Catch a Killer: A Novel (Erin Blake, 1)

Sheryl Scarborough - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

"A twisty, cold-case mystery custom made for fans of Sara Shepard, PLL and Veronica Mars! The edge-of-your-seat plot, sinister backstory and smart, brave and irreverent main character made this whodunit unputdownable." -- Justine Magazine. In To Catch a Killer, a contemporary...
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Sadie

COURTNEY SUMMERS - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! An Edgar Award Winner! A BOOKLIST Top 10 YA Book for Adult Readers One of the Best YA Novels of 2018 by Publishers WeeklyOne of B&N Teen Blog's Best YA Books of 2018Bustle's Best Young Adult Books of 2018Good Morning America's...
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The Cheerleaders

Kara Thomas - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

"A little bit Riverdale and a little bit Veronica Mars, The Cheerleaders is a twisty page-turner that will have you doubting every character you meet--and everything you think you know." --Riley Sager, bestselling author of Final GirlsFrom the author...
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Little Monsters

Kara Thomas - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Pretty Little Liars, Little Monsters is a new psychological thriller, from the author of The Darkest Corners, about appearances versus reality and the power of manipulation amongst teenage girls. Kacey is the new girl in Broken Falls. When she moved in with...
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Trouble Is a Friend of Mine

Stephanie Tromly - Speak
Format: Hardcover

Sherlock meets Veronica Mars meets Riverdale in this romance where the leading man is decidedly unromantic, and crime novel where catching the crook isnt the only hook.. Of course Zoe Webster didnt like Philip Digby when she first met him. No one does! Hes rude and he treats her like...
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All Your Twisted Secrets

Urban, Diana - HARPERCOLLINS


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Between

Jessica Warman - Walker Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Elizabeth Valchar-pretty, popular, and perfect-wakes up the morning after her eighteenth birthday party on her familys yacht, where shed been celebrating with her six closest friends. A persistent thumping noise has roused her. When she goes to investigate, what she finds will change everything...
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