Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction

A wonderfully murky, carnivalesque world of intrigue, unexpected friendships and mysteries solved.

Indiana Bones is a shaggy dog with a difference.

Reverend Septimus Treloar, retired as Chief Inspector of the CID after thirty years service, is now country parson of the seemingly sleepy St.

When Jordan Bishop set himself on fire at Haver High school as a result of internet bullying, it triggered a nationwide crackdown.

Book 2 in the much-loved Atticus Claw series: the hilarious and eagerly-awaited sequel to Atticus Claw Breaks the Law.

There's none so blind as they that won't see.

Sixteen-year-old Sarah Meadows longs for "e;normal.

Based on an actual crime in 1955, this YA novel is at once a mystery and a coming-of-age story.

A high school senior math whiz gets caught up in the FBI's efforts to take down an ecoterrorist group in this explosive YA spy thriller debut.

Is there no rest for the travel worn and weary?

Lars Olafson moves with his parents to the old family farm near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to live with his aged aunt Cass.

A taut YA crime thriller from the author of The Body of Christopher Creed.

Sandy Huntington-Ackerman's life becomes increasingly complicated when his bungling, moneygrubbing uncles try to shanghai the family fortune by poisoning a birthday cake.

Just before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic.

When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diphtheria.

The Sisters Eight are back in a new adventure!

A teen lawyer stars in a novel that "e;portrays a girl possessing power in the actual world, trusting her own mind and conscience and sense of justice"e; (Los Angeles Times).

Through the eyes of a distinctly non-athletic protagonista fat high school journalist named Mitchveteran sports novelist Deuker reveals the surprising truth behind a mysterious football player named Angel.

Questions!

Luke was not eager to accompany his best friend, Hayden, and the cocky new kid, Russell, up to the cliff that night.

When twelve-year-old Florence boards the crowded horse-drawn coach in London, she looks forward to a new life with her great uncle and aunt at Crutchfield Hall, an oldmanor house in the English countryside.

Chris Creed grew up as the class freakthe bullies' punching bag.

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile MysteryTwo friends set out to solve the years-old mystery of a murder, testing their friendship and placing them in danger, in this creepy thriller by suspense master Mary Downing Hahn.

When a new job falls his way, Chance jumps at the opportunity, becoming a runner who picks up strange packages on a daily route and delivers them to a shady man at the marina.

Long before they became famous writers, Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) and Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) were childhood friends in Monroeville, Alabama.

Eddie Red, the NYPD's youngest crime-solving hero, smells trouble.

Now that he has become the NYPDs youngest crime-solving hero, Eddie Red and his best friend Jonah are ready to relax on a family vacation to Mexico.

"e;Fans of Charlotte's Web and other gentle animal stories will enjoy this charming tale .

Daniel doesnt believe the woods behind his new home are haunted by an evil witch and her terrifying beast.

Stay on the roads.

';No one gets something for nothing.

It's 1920s Chicago-the guns-and-gangster era of Al Capone-and it's unusual for a girl to be selling the Tribune on the street corner.

In early-nineteenth century Scotland, sixteen-year-old Josie, an orphan, is sent to live with an aunt and uncle on the rocky, stormy northwest coast.

WUFF!

Its his senior year and Will Shea has conned his way into one of the countrys most elite prep schools.

Does who you are in high school brand you for life?

Putting the dead in deadlineTo Bee or not to Bee?

Art, mystery, fun and friendship,combine in thisillustrated middle grade seriesdebut.

Seventeen year-old dirt-bike-riding daredevil Arlo Santiago catches the eye of the U.

Three high school students-Eric, Shelly, and Fatima-have one thing in common: "e;I know your secret.