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Dial Em for Murder by Marni Bates
When a strange man dies literally on top of her, 16-year-old Emmy is thrust into a mystery much more horrifying than the one in the novel she's writing.
Winterkill by Kate Boorman (Winterkill #1)
When the revered leader of her settlement, a dark, isolated land with merciless winters and puritanical rulers, asks Emmeline for her hand it is a rare opportunity, but not only does she love another man, she cannot ignore dreams that urge her into the dangerous and forbidden woods that took her grandmother's life and her family's reputation.
Darkthaw by Kate Boorman (Winterkill #2)
Emmeline, kept so long behind walls, finally achieves her deepest desire: to leave the isolated world of the settlement and explore the wilderness that has long called to her. The subsequent journey, with First Peoples guide Matisa at her side, soon proves far more dangerous than anticipated.
Heartfire by Kate Boorman (Winterkill #3)
Emmeline fights the Dominion to save her adopted home in the land of the First Peoples.
100 Hours by Rachel Vincent (100 Hours #1)
While on an exotic spring break to an untouched beach in Colombia, Maddie, Genesis, and their friends are kidnapped and must escape their captors if they want to survive.
Scarlett Undercover by Jennifer Latham
Scarlett, a sixteen-year-old private detective in the fictional city of Las Almas, finds herself at the center of a mysterious case--involving ancient curses, priceless artifacts, and jinn--as she discovers that her own family secrets may have more to do with the situation than she thinks.
Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee by Mary G. Thompson
Amy and her cousin Dee were kidnapped six years ago, and when Amy finds her way home, she's desperate to protect the ones she loves at any cost.
A Psalm for Lost Girls by Katie Bayerl
Determined to protect her sister Tess's memory, Callie da Costa sets out to prove Tess wasn't really a saint and finds herself pulled into a kidnapping investigation.
Twisted by Hannah Jayne
Seventeen-year-old Beth Anne Reimer, renamed Bex Andrews, is ready to start a new life in foster care. There, she won't be known as a serial killer's daughter. Though her father was never tried for the murders attributed to "The Wife Collector, " he disappeared after questioning. The police want to use Bex to lure in her father. But is she baiting a serial killer or endangering an innocent man?
Proof of Lies by Diana Rodriguez Wallach (Anastacia Phoenix #1)
When new evidence surfaces about her missing sister, Anastasia sets out to follow the trail and lands in the middle of a massive conspiracy.
City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie Anderson
Sixteen-year-old Tina and two friends leave Kenya and slip into the Congo, from where she and her mother fled years before, seeking revenge for her mother's murder but uncovering startling secrets.
Stealing Candy by Stewart Lewis
Candy is bored. The only promise of excitement is graduation, and that's still eons away. Then she is kidnapped. Candy panics. Along Came a Spider, Ransom, Taken, Cellular… Candy knows how these movies end. The only reason anyone would abduct her is to get a payout from her rock star father. Except Candy and her father don't really get along. There's no way he's going to pay. But with every hour that passes, Candy's fear slowly recedes. Being on the road is freeing, not to mention great material for a new documentary. And the more time she spends with her mysterious and handsome captor, Levon, the more she learns the whole scheme is not just about ransom. It's about revenge. What began as a kidnapping is spiraling into a crazy road trip adventure as Candy and Levon find a lot of wrong ways to do the right thing.
Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
When Rowan finds a skeleton on her family's property, investigating the brutal, century-old murder leads to painful discoveries about the past. Alternating chapters tell the story of William, another teen grappling with the racial firestorm leading up to the 1921 Tulsa race riot, providing some clues to the mystery.
Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson
When Mary, a teenager living in a group home, becomes pregnant, authorities take another look at the crime for which Mary was convicted when she was nine years old.
Lost Girls by Merrie Destefano
Waking up in a ditch with no memory of the last year, Rachel wants to unravel what happened to her and the rest of the missing girls who never made it back, but the more information she uncovers, the more she craves the darkness in her new life.
Girl in the Picture by Alexandra Monir
When a popular high school boy is found murdered, everyone is surprised he carried pictures of himself with Nicole Morgan, a shy "music geek" no one knew was close to him.
A Lie for a Lie by Robin Merrow MacCready
A gripping mystery about seventeen-year-old Kendra, an amateur photographer who discovers her father is leading a double life.
Trial by Fire by Norah McClintock (Riley Donovan Mystery #1)
Riley Donovan is the new kid in town. When her next-door neighbor's barn catches on fire, with him inside it, Riley helps save him. But rather than being hailed a hero, Riley finds herself a target of harassment. When her neighbor is accused of starting the fire, Riley believes he is innocent and is determined to prove it--even if it means making powerful enemies.
From Above by Norah McClintock (Riley Donovan Mystery #2)
When a football player from Riley Donovan's school falls to his death from the top of a recreation center, a hunch makes her wonder if he was pushed. But who would do such a thing, and why? Riley’s detective aunt tells Riley to leave it alone, but that's not in Riley’s nature. When her friend Charlie is accused of the murder, Riley is determined to clear his name, even if it means confronting vicious junkyard dogs, forming an alliance with an old enemy, and putting her own life in danger.
Captive by A.J. Grainger
Sixteen-year-old Robyn Knollys-Green struggles to keep faith in her father, the British Prime Minister, while being held hostage by a group of extremist activists that includes an attractive, kind young man called Talon.
Hidden Memory of Objects by Danielle Mages Amato
Megan Brown's brother, Tyler, is dead, but the cops are killing him all over again. They say he died of a drug overdose, potentially suicide--something Megan cannot accept. Determined to figure out what happened in the months before Tyler's death, Megan turns to the things he left behind. After all, she understands the stories objects can tell--at fifteen, she is a gifted collage artist with a flair for creating found-object pieces. However, Megan now realizes that her artistic talent has developed into something more: she can see memories attached to some of Tyler's belongings--and those memories reveal a brother she never knew. Enlisting the help of an artifact detective who shares her ability and specializes in murderabilia--objects tainted by violence or the deaths of their owners--Megan finds herself drawn into a world of painful personal and national memories. Along with a trusted classmate and her brother's charming friend, she chases down the troubling truth about Tyler across Washington, DC, while reclaiming her own stifled identity with a vengeance.
The Island by Olivia Levez
Frances finds herself on a plane to a remote village where she will do community service in exchange for staying out of juvenile detention. But an accident leaves her alone on a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. She has to find water and food. She has to survive. And when she is there she also has to think about the past. The things that she did before. The things that made her a monster. Nothing is easy. Survival is hard and so is being honest with herself. So when she discovers another survivor on the island, will it bring out the worst in her again? Or will it finally help her to see that her future is worth fighting for? A gripping and thoughtful story about a girl determined to survive against all odds and find the courage to become the person she wants to be.
Secrets We Keep by Deb Loughhead
When Kit disappeared at a party and was found drowned in the quarry the next day, Clem knew who to point the finger at: herself. She was the last person to see him alive, the last person who could have helped. If she had just kept a closer eye on him instead of her crush, Jake, maybe Kit would still be here. She knows she made a mistake, and wishes she could just forget about it, but Clem's friend Ellie says she'll expose Clem's secret if she doesn't play along with Ellie's lies.
Pretty Fierce by Kieran Scott
After being jumped by a hit man, Kaia's secret life as the child of professional assassins is revealed to her clueless boyfriend Oliver as the two go on the run looking for Kaia's missing parents.
The Society by Jodie Andrefski
Samantha Evans knows she'd never get an invite to rush the society, not after her dad went to jail for insider trading. But after years of relentless bullying at the hands of the society's queen bee, Jessica, she's ready to take down Jessica and the society one peg at a time from the inside out. All it'll take is a bit of computer hacking, a few fake invitations, some eager rushees and Sam will get her revenge.
Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill
When her best friend Lydia disappears, Piper Sail goes searching for answers in the dark underbelly of 1924 Chicago, uncovering deep corruption that may lead back to her affluent neighborhood.
Silence of Six by E.C. Myers (SOS Thriller #1)
What is the Silence of Six, and what are you going to do about it?" These are the last words uttered by 17-year-old Max Stein's best friend Evan just moments before he kills himself after hacking into the live-streaming Presidential debate at their high school. Haunted by the unforgettable image of Evan's death, Max's entire world is upended as he suddenly finds himself the target of a corporate-government witch-hunt. Fearing for his life and fighting for his own innocence, Max goes on the run with no one to trust and too many unanswered questions. Max must dust off his own hacking skills and maneuver through the dangerous labyrinth of underground hacktivist networks, all the while hoping to find the "Silence of Six" before it's too late.
Against All Silence by E.C. Myers (SOS Thriller #2)
After helping expose government corruption, hacker Max Stein has spent a semester abroad studying in Paris. He intends to keep a low profile, but things change when he's detained on suspicion of cyberterrorism.
Mapmaker by Mark Bomback & Galaxy Craze
Teenagers Tanya and Connor stumble on a deadly secret while working at the digital mapmaking company where Tanya's dead father once worked.
Pawns by Wilo Davis Roberts
After deaths of her parents, Teddi finds some stability when she moves in with Mamie, her good-hearted nextdoor neighbor--until the arrival of a woman claiming to be the pregnant wife of Mamie's son who recently died in a plane crash.
As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka
When seventeen-year-old loner Lumikki finds a stash of blood-soaked money in her school's dark room, she is swept into a whirlpool of events involving dirty cops and a notorious drug kingpin known for brutality.
Light that Gets Lost by Natasha Carthew
A small boy hiding in a cupboard witnesses something no child should ever see. He tries not to look but he still hears it. And when he comes out, there is no mistaking. His mum and dad have been killed. And though he is only small, he swears that he will get revenge one day. Years later, Trey enters a strange camp that is meant to save troubled teenagers. It us packed with crazies, god-botherers, devoted felons and broken kids. Trey has been in and out of trouble ever since the day the bad thing happened, but he is not here for saving: this is where he will find the man who did it. Revenge and healing, salvation and hell are a boiling, dangerous mix, and Trey finds himself drawn to a girl, a dream and the offer of friendship in the dark.
Girl on the Run by Gregg Olsen (Vengeance #1)
Rylee comes home from school to find her father dead and mother missing, and a message in blood written on the floor.
Boy She Left Behind by Gregg Olsen (Vengeance #2)
While investigating a serial killer who is targeting students at Portland State University, Rylee faces a betrayal that tests her resiliency and survival skills.
Twisted Summer by Wilo Davis Roberts
Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.
One Moment by Kristina McBride
Rising high school senior Maggie remembers little about the accidental death of her boyfriend, Joey, but as she slowly begins to recall that day at the gorge with their long-time friends, she realizes he was keeping some terrible secrets.
Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer
It's natural to feel a little out of place when you're the new girl, but when Charlotte Makepeace wakes up after her first night at boarding school, she's baffled: everyone thinks she's a girl called Clare Mobley, and even more shockingly, it seems she has traveled forty years back in time to 1918. In the months to follow, Charlotte wakes alternately in her own time and in Clare's. And instead of having only one new set of rules to learn, she also has to contend with the unprecedented strangeness of being an entirely new person in an era she knows nothing about. Her teachers think she's slow, the other girls find her odd, and, as she spends more and more time in 1918, Charlotte starts to wonder if she remembers how to be Charlotte at all. If she doesn't figure out some way to get back to the world she knows before the end of the term, she might never have another chance.
Last to Die by Kelly Garrett
Thrill-seeking Harper Jacobs and her friends make a pact to engage in a series of break-ins from their own homes, but when Alex, looking to up the ante, suggests breaking into the home of a classmate, one of the group ends up dead.
Finding Jade by Mary Jennifer Payne
In 2030, Jasmine Guzman, whose mother is dying and whose twin, Jade, was kidnapped, struggles to adjust to some strange situations, helped by a classmate at her new school, as she learns about her special powers and that Jade is not missing.