The Wife Who Knew Too Much
The first Mrs. Ford was accomplished, beautiful, and exorbitantly wealthy, but now she is dead.
FIC
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copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: married people, wives, diaries, homicide [X], mystery fiction [X], suspense fiction, thrillers (fiction)
The Red House Mystery
When a shooting occurs at a country estate, the guests become amateur detectives and quickly realize that their host may be the murderer.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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The Maid
"A charmingly eccentric hotel maid discovers a guest murdered in his bed, turning her once orderly world upside down--and inspiring a motley crew of unexpected allies to band together to solve the mystery"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: hotel cleaning personnel, murder, hotels, detective and mystery stories, homicide [X], criminal investigation, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction)
As Good As Dead
"Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: homicide [X], serial killers, stalking, podcasting, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction, murder, serial murderers, large type books, mystery and detective stories, england, psychological fiction, thrillers (fiction)
Sense And Second-degree Murder
Eighteen-year-old aspiring chemist Elinor Dashwood and her younger sister Marianne, a budding detective, work together to solve the mystery of their father's murder.
FIC
year:
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: dashwood, elinor, dashwood, marianne, murder, opium, sisters, characters and characteristics in literature, detective and mystery stories, characters in literature, mystery and detective stories, homicide [X], mystery fiction [X], great britain, detective and mystery fiction, historical fiction
The Pericles Commission
Nicolaos is commissioned to find the assassin responsible for the death of Ephialtes, the politician who had turned Athens into a democracy days before, but with Pericles, Ephialtes former lieutenant, looking over his shoulder, and his twelve-year-old brother, Socrates, making frequent suggestions, Nicolaos wonders if he can solve the case and save democracy.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: athens (greece), murder, homicide [X], mystery fiction [X], historical fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction
Diamond Park
When four Mexican-American teenagers from Houston travel to Diamond Park to buy a 1959 Chevy Impala from Maga?a's godfather, something goes very wrong, and one of them, Susi, ends up arrested for murder; convinced that the real killer is a drug trafficker called Anaconda, Flaco and Maga?a head to Mexico hunting for him to clear Susi's name--but in the process of kidnapping Anaconda Flaco discovers how little he understands about what really happened in Diamond Park.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: mexican americans, teenagers, drug traffic, homicide [X], friendship, mystery fiction [X], houston (tex.), detective and mystery fiction
Hollow Fires
School newspaper editor Safiya Mirza's dreams of becoming a journalist get a grim start when she is the first person to discover the body of the murdered boy, Jawad Ali--the fourteen-year-old Muslim boy who created a costume jet pack, which got mistaken for a bomb, which led him to be labeled a terrorist, and which finally led a group of white supremacists to murder him.
FIC
year:
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: hate crimes, homicide [X], reporters and reporting, muslims, ghost stories, white supremacy movements, mystery fiction [X], chicago (ill.), detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction
Pretty Dead Queens
Not long after seventeen-year-old Cecelia Ellis arrives to live with her estranged grandmother in a coastal California town, the high school homecoming queen is found dead and Cecelia, fearing a copycat killer is on the loose, throws herself into the investigation.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, grandmothers, high schools, schools, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, homicide [X], school stories, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction
The Agathas
"Alice Ogilvie's disappearance last summer is the biggest scandal at Castle Cove High School--until her ex-boyfriend is accused of murdering his new girlfriend, and Alice must pair up with her tutor Iris Adams to clear his name by relying on the wisdom of Agatha Christie"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 59
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: secrecy, murder, high schools, schools, detective and mystery stories, secrets, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery fiction, school fiction, homicide [X], school stories, mystery fiction [X]
Confessions About Colton
"The unthinkable has happened: Colton Crest is dead. And Elliot, Colton's best friend, is the one who finds him brutally murdered.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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The Counselors
After a traumatic school year, camp counselor Goldie Easton is excited to reunite with her two best friends at an elite summer camp, but when a local boy is found dead on the grounds, all three must reveal a dark secret to find the murderer.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: camps, friendship, secrecy, homicide [X], suspense fiction, mystery fiction [X], thrillers (fiction), best friends, secrets, mystery fiction
Smart
"There's been a murder, but the police don't care. It was only a homeless man after all.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: gifted teenagers, homicide [X], criminal investigation, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction
In The Ballroom With The Candlestick
"After a tragic accident that forever changed the lives of the Murder Crew--killing one of their own--the students at Blackbrook Academy are just trying to get by.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: private schools, school superintendents and principals, homicide [X], high school students, mystery fiction [X], young adult fiction / thrillers & suspense / general, young adult fiction / social themes / general (see also headings under family), detective and mystery fiction
All Her Little Secrets
Black lawyer Ellice Littlejohn's perfect life--with an Ivy League degree under her belt and a high-paying job as a midtown Atlanta corporate attorney--comes crashing down when her charming white boss and "just for fun" boyfriend is found dead in his executive suite with a bullet in his head.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: corporate lawyers, women lawyers, african american women, siblings, executives, victims of crimes, homicide [X], criminal investigation, secrecy, law, racism, mystery fiction [X], legal stories, atlanta (ga.), thrillers (fiction), legal fiction (literature)