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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And Don't Look Back
Harlow and her mother have been on the run her entire life, but when her mother dies after a car accident, Harlow stops running and starts looking into her past.
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The Headmaster's List
Spencer can’t remember anything about her night out with two classmates and her ex-boyfriend, but the car crash, the death of one of her classmates, and the possibility her ex was the culprit force her to unravel the 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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The Black Queen
Nova, the first Black homecoming queen at her school, is killed the night of her coronation. The prime suspect is Tinsley, her white rival. Duchess, Nova’s best friend, knows that to solve the murder, she will have to work with Tinsley.
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The Agathas
Alice disappeared for five days after her boyfriend Steve dumped her, and she hasn’t talked about what she did during that time. Now another of his girlfriends has disappeared, but this looks permanent. Alice and her tutor Iris know something is up, and are determined to prove Steve is actually innocent.
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Girl Forgotten
New girl Piper learns of the unsolved murder of a girl seventeen years earlier, and starts a true-crime podcast as she investigates, but the murderer is apparently listening, because Piper starts receiving threats to stop the investigation.
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The Grimoire of Grave Fates
Eighteen students (given voice by eighteen different authors) are surprised but not particularly saddened by the murder of a bigoted professor at their magical academy, and now that they are all suspects, they must somehow join forces to solve his murder.
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The Red Palace
Hyeon, the palace nurse, must clear her mentor’s name when a series of grisly murders occur in the nursing school, but the signs point towards the Crown Prince as the culprit.
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Kill Her Twice
In 1930s Los Angeles, three sisters must solve the mystery of their movie star friend’s murder, knowing that many people and even the police don’t believe in the importance of the Chinese woman’s life.
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All That's Left to Say
When her cousin Sophie dies of an opioid overdose, Hannah disguises herself and enrolls in Sophie’s exclusive private school to find the person who gave her the pills.
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