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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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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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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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In the Hall with the Knife: A Clue Mystery, Book One

Diana Peterfreund - Amulet Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

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 Green, Sam "Mustard" Maestor, Finn Plum, and Scarlet Mistry - are left stranded on campus...
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Lies Like Poison

Chelsea Pitcher - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Poppy, Lily, and Belladonna would do anything to protect their best friend, Raven. So when they discovered he was suffering abuse at the hands of his stepmother, they came up with a lethal plan: petals of poppy, belladonna, and lily in her evening tea so she'd never be able to hurt...
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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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The Body in the Woods: A Point Last Seen Mystery (Point Last Seen, 1)

April Henry - Square Fish
Format: Paperback

Alexis, Nick, and Ruby have very different backgrounds: Alexis has spent her life covering for her moms mental illness, Nicks bravado hides his fear of not being good enough, and Ruby just wants to pursue her eccentric interests in a world that doesnt understand her. When the three teens...
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The Creeping

Alexandra Sirowy - Simon & Schuster BFYR
Format: Print book

"Seventeen-year-old Stella has no recollection of the day her best friend disappeared while the two, then six, were picking strawberries, until the corpse of a similar girl turns up and Stella not only begins to remember, she learns that something dark has been at work in their little...
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The Devil You Know

Trish Doller - Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

From critically-acclaimed author Trish Doller comes a powerful new psychological page-turner perfect for fans of Lauren Oliver and Sara Zarr.Eighteen-year-old Arcadia wants adventure. Living in a tiny Florida town with her dad and four-year-old brother, Cadie spends most of her time working,...
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The Forest of Stolen Girls

June Hur - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest near a gruesome crime scene. Years later, Detective Min -- Hwani's father -- learns that thirteen girls have recently disappeared from the same forest...
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The Game

Linsey Miller - Underlined
Format: Paperback

If you loved American Horror Story 1984, you'll die for this paperback original thriller mashup of Agatha Christie's The A.B.C. Murders and Riverdale in which a game turns deadly with a killer who picks his victims one by one, letter by letter.Every year the senior class at Lincoln...
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They Wish They Were Us

Jessica Goodman - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

Gossip Girl meets One of Us Is Lying with a dash of The Secret History in this slick, taut murder mystery set against the backdrop of an exclusive prep school on Long Island.In Gold Coast, Long Island, everything from the expensive downtown shops to the manicured beaches, to the pressed...
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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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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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You're So Dead

Ash Parsons - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

.Plum Winter has always come in second to her sister, the unbelievably cool, famous influencer Peach Winter. And when Peach is invited to an all-expenses-paid trip to a luxurious art-and-music festival for influencers on a private island in the Caribbean, Plum decides it's finally her time...
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