Mysteries!

The first section of this page lists books that have won or been nominated for the Edgar Award in the Young Adult category. This award is given by the Mystery Writers of America. You'll find that some of the books are for younger teens and some are for older teens. TEEN PPB (author's name) means it's a paperback. TEEN (author's name) means it's a hardcover book. An * means the book won the Edgar Award. The second section lists other worthwhile YA mysteries as well as some books in the Teen collection that were written for adults, but which teens also like.

Title Of Book Call Number

Down the Rabbit Hole TEEN ABRAHAMS

Ingrid Levin is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or at least her shoes are. When she tries to get them back, she finds a dead body instead. She has enough on her plate with soccer, and playing Alice in the Echo Falls community theater production of Alice in Wonderland. But she gets curiouser and curiouser about all the odd things happening in town, and soon she's up to her neck in a murder investigation. Sequel: Behind the Curtain

*Reality Check TEEN ABRAHAMS

Cody has it good until his girlfriend, Clea, is sent to a boarding school across the country and his football career goes up in smoke after an ACL injury. Things get even worse when news comes that Clea is missing. The only clue is in a letter she sent Cody the day she disappeared. Cody travels to Vermont to help in the search, only to discover that Clea's disappearance is just one of the many secrets in this small town and that there are people who are very determined that he does not reveal them.

*Counterfeit Son TEEN ALPHIN

When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life.

The Man Who Was Poe TEEN PPB AVI

Edgar Allan Poe reluctantly helps Edmund investigate the mysterious disappearances of Edmund's family.

Tangerine
(Mystery? You decide.) TEEN/TEEN PPB BLOOR

Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.

Road of the Dead
TEEN BROOKS

Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister.

Safe House TEEN PPB CABOT

Jessica has been having psychic visions ever since she was struck by lightning. Somehow, she's now able to locate missing children, and the FBI are *very* interested in her skills. But Jessica just wants to be a regular teenager. #3 in the 1-800-WHERE-R-U series (now the Lifetime TV series "1-800-Missing). Jenny Carroll also writes as Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries).

Diamonds in the Shadows TEEN COONEY

The Finches, a Connecticut family, sponsor an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way. They are like no family Jared Finch has ever seen. And he can't help wondering: Why are they all so scared?

In the Middle of the Night TEEN CORMIER

Sixteen-year-old Denny lives with the knowledge that his father was connected to a deadly accident when he was Denny's age and the knowledge that some of the survivors still blame his father.

Tightrope TEEN CROSS

When she begins receiving threatening messages from someone who seems to know her every move, Ashley realizes that even the neighborhood tough guy can't help her get through this.

The Christopher Killer TEEN FERGUSON

On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger. But that's not the only mystery. Just what's the story with her mother, who left the family years ago? (Sequels: Angel of Death, Circle of Blood, Dying Breath)

Poison TEEN FERGUSON

Following the mysterious death of her stepmother, Chelsea and her best friend Amber attempt to snare the killer, but instead find themselves wrapped up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

Crunch Time TEEN FREDERICKS

Leo, Max, Jane, and Daisy don't have much in common, but they begin to bond when they form a study group to prepare for the SATs. But when someone at their school confesses to cheating on the test, suspicions come to rest on their group. Now they don't know who to trust. Who is the real cheater?

Silverfin TEEN HIGSON

Bond. James Bond. Fourteen. Not-yet-Agent 007. Shaken, not stirred, when he discovers murder and more in an isolated estate in Scotland. Sequel: Blood Fever

The Maze TEEN PPB HOBBS

Rick escapes from a juvenile detention facility and travels to Canyonlands National Park, where he meets a biologist trying to reintroduce condors to the wild.

Silent To The Bone TEEN KONIGSBURG

When he is accused of gravely injuring his baby half-sister, thirteen-year-old Branwell stops talking. His friend Connor is determined to find out what really happened that night. Why won't Bran defend himself?

Yesterday's Child TEEN PPB LEVITIN

After her mother's sudden death, Laura hunts for information about her mother's mysterious past and uncovers some terrible secrets.

*Buried TEEN MacCREADY

In order to cover for her alcoholic mother, Claudine has had to carefully plan and control every aspect of her life. But when her mother disappears, she can no longer keep hidden all the things she's tried to deny for so many years. Now she has to discover and face the truth.

Shades of Simon Gray TEEN McDONALD

Seventeen-year-old Simon lies in a coma, finding his space and time overlapping with that of a man who was lynched over 200 years ago, while a member of the cheating ring he has been helping wonders if their actions have caused the plagues assaulting their New Jersey town.

*Acceleration TEEN McNAMEE

Duncan's life went into a tailspin last summer when he failed to save a girl drowning just feet away from him. This summer he's working in the Lost and Found department of the Toronto subway system. Flipping through someone's lost journal, Duncan discovers it belongs to a very sick man who's tired of wasting his energy torturing animals and starting fires. It's time to move on to bigger game: women. Duncan is being given a second chance to save a life, if he can just figure out whose journal it is.

Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls TEEN MADISON

When someone steals her purse and her identity, high-school junior and reluctant girl sleuth Lulu Dark investigates.

*The Name of the Game Was Murder TEEN NIXON (Has three other nominations)

When she visits her great-uncle at his fortress-like home on Catalina Island, fifteen-year-old Samantha becomes involved in his manipulative game that leads to murder.

Body Of Christopher Creed TEEN PLUM-UCCI

When an outcast classmate disappears, leaving only a mysterious letter behind, Torey is determined to discover what happened to him. Did he run away, or did he commit suicide? And most of all, why?

The Night My Sister Went Missing TEEN PLUM-UCCI

When his sister goes missing under mysterious circumstances, seventeen-year-old Kurt spends a night at the local police station overhearing statements from a variety of witnesses that reveal the deep prejudices and shocking secrets of his small beach community.

Shadow in the North (Second book of a trilogy) TEEN/TEEN PPB PULLMAN

In 1878 London, Sally and her companions try to solve the mystery surrounding the unexpected collapse of a shipping firm and its ties to a sinister corporation called North Star.

Thin Ice TEEN QUALEY

Arden's brother Scott has raised her since their parents died when she was just six. When he is presumed drowned in a snowmobile accident, Arden is convinced he's really run away. But nobody believes her.

*Twisted Summer TEEN 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.

Fake ID TEEN SORRELLS

Chass gets a new identity every time she and her mother move to a new town, which is often. When Chass gets a guitar for her sixteenth birthday, things begin to unravel. Her mother disappears and a strange man threatens Chass over a myterious tape. It's time for Chass to solve the mysteries of her life. Sequel: Club Dread

Uncovering Sadie's Secrets TEEN STERNBERG

Why is Sadie, who’s only fifteen, driving a car? Why did she freak out at the idea of playing the lead in the school play? And why is Sadie being stalked by a nefarious duo of grown-ups? Bianca decides she's just got to know. Solving a mystery is easy (sort of) when you're nosy and have a private-eye for a sister! Sequel: Finding the Forger

Never Trust a Dead Man TEEN VAN VELDE

Wrongly convicted of murder and punished by being sealed in the tomb with the dead man, seventeen-year-old Selwyn enlists the help of a witch and the resurrected victim to find the true killer.

*The Killer's Cousin TEEN WERLIN

After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Massachusetts. But questions follow him and mysteries confront him no matter where he goes.

Locked Inside TEEN WERLIN

Kidnapped and locked inside an empty basement cell, Marnie is forced to confront painful truths about herself and her famous mother as she desperately tries to escape her jailer. Her online adventure gaming hasn't prepared her for this real-life dungeon!

*Boy in the Burning House TEEN WYNNE-JONES

Fourteen-year-old Jim gets help trying to solve the disappearance of his father from an unexpected source: the disturbed stepdaughter of the local pastor, who suspects her stepfather was involved.

Title Of Book Call Number

Rat Life TEEN ARNOLD

Todd goes from making beds at his family's motel to working at the drive-in theater when he meets young Vietnam vet Rat. When a dead body is found in the Chemanga River, Rat seems to be a part of the puzzle.

Desert Crossing TEEN BROACH

A summer trip across the New Mexico desert turns nightmarish for fourteen-year-old Lucy, her older brother Jamie, and his best friend Kit, as they become involved in the suspicious death of a young girl.

Last Shot TEEN PPB FEINSTEIN

After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game. (Sequels: Vanishing Act, Cover-Up, Change-Up, The Rivalry)

The Christopher Killer TEEN FERGUSON

On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger. Sequel: Angel of Death. Alane Ferguson doesn't pull her punches with these forensics-based mysteries, making them a good choice for older and non-squeamish readers. (Sequels: Angel of Death, Circle of Blood, The Dying Breath)

Bad Kitty TEEN JAFFE

While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived from California. This is a mystery with a sense of humor.

Blackthorn TEEN REISS

An idyllic seaside artists' colony in England is the scene of murder, and fifteen-year-old American-born Juliana Martin-Drake attempts to solve the crime while unraveling the mystery of her own past.

Terrier TEEN PIERCE

In this fantasy/myster, when sixteen-year-old Beka becomes "Puppy" to a pair of "Dogs," as the Provost's Guards are called, she uses her police training, natural abilities, and a touch of magic to help them solve the case of a murdered baby in Tortall's Lower City. (Sequel: Bloodhound)

The Intruders TEEN RICHARDSON

When soon-to-be stepbrothers Joel and Tim start having the same nightmare after moving into a old house, they decide to investigate its source and the many other strange occurrences in their new home.

Endymion Spring TEEN SKELTON

Having reluctantly accompanied his academic mother and pesky younger sister to Oxford, twelve-year-old Blake Winters is at loose ends until he stumbles across an ancient and magical book, secretely brought to England in 1453 by Gutenberg's mute apprentice to save it from evil forces, and which now draws Blake into a dangerous and life-threatening quest. This is a mystery for those who also enjoy fantasy novels.

Double Helix TEEN WERLIN

Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.

A Northern Light TEEN DONNELLY

In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story. This book has a mystery element, but is not a typical mystery book.

Dead Girls Don't Write Letters TEEN GILES

Fourteen-year-old Sunny is stunned when a total stranger shows up at her house posing as her older sister Jazz, who supposedly died out of town in a fire months earlier. And Sunny isn't at all happy to see her...

My Life and Death, by Alexandra Canarsie TEEN O'KEEFE

Fifteen-year-old Allie often escapes her problems by attending strangers' funerals. This leads to her first real friendship and to a mystery that she believes only she can solve.

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found TEEN PPB NICKERSON

With a swimming medal, the key to a mansion, and a comic book about a half-man/half-rat as her only clues, a twelve-year-old girl seeks the true story of her father's mysterious death four years earlier near an island in the Pacific Northwest.

Dovey Coe TEEN DOWELL

When accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a stronged-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother.

Phoning a Dead Man TEEN CROSS

When John, a British demolitions expert, is supposedly killed blowing up a building in Siberia, his fiancee and his sister investigate. They never expect to discover the Russian Mafia is involved!

The Mystery of Mary Rogers TEEN GN GEARY

Based on a true story of a girl killed in New York City in 1841. Nobody knows what really happened, but author Rick Geary offers several possibilities. This book is told in graphic novel format.

Murder on the Orient Express TEEN PPB CHRISTIE

Agatha Christie is regarded as one of the best mystery writers who ever lived, and much of her reputation is based on this book. There is a murder on the Orient Express, a train traveling from Istanbul to Paris. There is an international group of suspects. And there is one of the most famous detectives ever, Monsieur Hercules Poirot. If he can't solve it, nobody can.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes TEEN PPB DOYLE

While Agatha Christie was *the* female mystery writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle set the standard for men. His Sherlock Holmes is the character all other detectives are measured against. In these two volumes, you can read classics such as Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, and Sign of the Four.

The Falconer's Knot TEEN HOFFMAN

Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love.

The Beekeeper's Apprentice TEEN PPB KING

What would happen if Sherlock Holmes retired, and then met the most brilliant mind (outside his) he's ever encountered? And it's in the body of a fifteen-year-old girl? This chance meeting with Mary Russell brings Holmes out of retirement and into one of the most dangerous cases he's ever had to solve. Laurie R. King followed this intriguing novel with several other Holmes-Russell books.

Purloined Letter & Murder in the Rue Morgue TEEN POE

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales TEEN PPB POE

Poe is the man who began it all. Credited with writing the first mystery, these tales are weird and creepy.

The Terrorist TEEN/TEEN PPB COONEY

Sixteen-year-old Laura refuses to believe that the bomb that killed her younger brother was given to him by accident, and she sets out to find out why he was targeted for murder.

Close to a Killer TEEN QUALEY

Seventeen-year-old Barrie finds herself involved in a string of murders that are somehow connected to her mother's hair salon.

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Updated December, 2010

Title Of Book	Call Number
Down the Rabbit Hole	TEEN ABRAHAMS
Ingrid Levin is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or at least her shoes are. When she tries to get them back, she finds a dead body instead. She has enough on her plate with soccer, and playing Alice in the Echo Falls community theater production of Alice in Wonderland. But she gets curiouser and curiouser about all the odd things happening in town, and soon she's up to her neck in a murder investigation. Sequel: Behind the Curtain
*Reality Check	TEEN ABRAHAMS
Cody has it good until his girlfriend, Clea, is sent to a boarding school across the country and his football career goes up in smoke after an ACL injury. Things get even worse when news comes that Clea is missing. The only clue is in a letter she sent Cody the day she disappeared. Cody travels to Vermont to help in the search, only to discover that Clea's disappearance is just one of the many secrets in this small town and that there are people who are very determined that he does not reveal them.
*Counterfeit Son	TEEN ALPHIN
When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life.
The Man Who Was Poe	TEEN PPB AVI
Edgar Allan Poe reluctantly helps Edmund investigate the mysterious disappearances of Edmund's family.
Tangerine (Mystery? You decide.)	TEEN/TEEN PPB BLOOR
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
Road of the Dead	TEEN BROOKS
Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister.
Safe House	TEEN PPB CABOT
Jessica has been having psychic visions ever since she was struck by lightning. Somehow, she's now able to locate missing children, and the FBI are very interested in her skills. But Jessica just wants to be a regular teenager. #3 in the 1-800-WHERE-R-U series (now the Lifetime TV series "1-800-Missing). Jenny Carroll also writes as Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries).
Diamonds in the Shadows	TEEN COONEY
The Finches, a Connecticut family, sponsor an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way. They are like no family Jared Finch has ever seen. And he can't help wondering: Why are they all so scared?
In the Middle of the Night	TEEN CORMIER
Sixteen-year-old Denny lives with the knowledge that his father was connected to a deadly accident when he was Denny's age and the knowledge that some of the survivors still blame his father.
Tightrope	TEEN CROSS
When she begins receiving threatening messages from someone who seems to know her every move, Ashley realizes that even the neighborhood tough guy can't help her get through this.
The Christopher Killer	TEEN FERGUSON
On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger. But that's not the only mystery. Just what's the story with her mother, who left the family years ago? (Sequels: Angel of Death, Circle of Blood, Dying Breath)
Poison	TEEN FERGUSON
Following the mysterious death of her stepmother, Chelsea and her best friend Amber attempt to snare the killer, but instead find themselves wrapped up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.
Crunch Time	TEEN FREDERICKS
Leo, Max, Jane, and Daisy don't have much in common, but they begin to bond when they form a study group to prepare for the SATs. But when someone at their school confesses to cheating on the test, suspicions come to rest on their group. Now they don't know who to trust. Who is the real cheater?
Silverfin	TEEN HIGSON
Bond. James Bond. Fourteen. Not-yet-Agent 007. Shaken, not stirred, when he discovers murder and more in an isolated estate in Scotland. Sequel: Blood Fever
The Maze	TEEN PPB HOBBS
Rick escapes from a juvenile detention facility and travels to Canyonlands National Park, where he meets a biologist trying to reintroduce condors to the wild.
Silent To The Bone	TEEN KONIGSBURG
When he is accused of gravely injuring his baby half-sister, thirteen-year-old Branwell stops talking. His friend Connor is determined to find out what really happened that night. Why won't Bran defend himself?
Yesterday's Child	TEEN PPB LEVITIN
After her mother's sudden death, Laura hunts for information about her mother's mysterious past and uncovers some terrible secrets.
*Buried	TEEN MacCREADY
In order to cover for her alcoholic mother, Claudine has had to carefully plan and control every aspect of her life. But when her mother disappears, she can no longer keep hidden all the things she's tried to deny for so many years. Now she has to discover and face the truth.
Shades of Simon Gray	TEEN McDONALD
Seventeen-year-old Simon lies in a coma, finding his space and time overlapping with that of a man who was lynched over 200 years ago, while a member of the cheating ring he has been helping wonders if their actions have caused the plagues assaulting their New Jersey town.
*Acceleration	TEEN McNAMEE
Duncan's life went into a tailspin last summer when he failed to save a girl drowning just feet away from him. This summer he's working in the Lost and Found department of the Toronto subway system. Flipping through someone's lost journal, Duncan discovers it belongs to a very sick man who's tired of wasting his energy torturing animals and starting fires. It's time to move on to bigger game: women. Duncan is being given a second chance to save a life, if he can just figure out whose journal it is.
Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls	TEEN MADISON
When someone steals her purse and her identity, high-school junior and reluctant girl sleuth Lulu Dark investigates.
*The Name of the Game Was Murder	TEEN NIXON (Has three other nominations)
When she visits her great-uncle at his fortress-like home on Catalina Island, fifteen-year-old Samantha becomes involved in his manipulative game that leads to murder.
Body Of Christopher Creed	TEEN PLUM-UCCI
When an outcast classmate disappears, leaving only a mysterious letter behind, Torey is determined to discover what happened to him. Did he run away, or did he commit suicide? And most of all, why?
The Night My Sister Went Missing	TEEN PLUM-UCCI
When his sister goes missing under mysterious circumstances, seventeen-year-old Kurt spends a night at the local police station overhearing statements from a variety of witnesses that reveal the deep prejudices and shocking secrets of his small beach community.
Shadow in the North (Second book of a trilogy)	TEEN/TEEN PPB PULLMAN
In 1878 London, Sally and her companions try to solve the mystery surrounding the unexpected collapse of a shipping firm and its ties to a sinister corporation called North Star.
Thin Ice	TEEN QUALEY
Arden's brother Scott has raised her since their parents died when she was just six. When he is presumed drowned in a snowmobile accident, Arden is convinced he's really run away. But nobody believes her.
*Twisted Summer	TEEN 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.
Fake ID	TEEN SORRELLS
Chass gets a new identity every time she and her mother move to a new town, which is often. When Chass gets a guitar for her sixteenth birthday, things begin to unravel. Her mother disappears and a strange man threatens Chass over a myterious tape. It's time for Chass to solve the mysteries of her life. Sequel: Club Dread
Uncovering Sadie's Secrets	TEEN STERNBERG
Why is Sadie, who’s only fifteen, driving a car? Why did she freak out at the idea of playing the lead in the school play? And why is Sadie being stalked by a nefarious duo of grown-ups? Bianca decides she's just got to know. Solving a mystery is easy (sort of) when you're nosy and have a private-eye for a sister! Sequel: Finding the Forger
Never Trust a Dead Man	TEEN VAN VELDE
Wrongly convicted of murder and punished by being sealed in the tomb with the dead man, seventeen-year-old Selwyn enlists the help of a witch and the resurrected victim to find the true killer.
*The Killer's Cousin	TEEN WERLIN
After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Massachusetts. But questions follow him and mysteries confront him no matter where he goes.
Locked Inside	TEEN WERLIN
Kidnapped and locked inside an empty basement cell, Marnie is forced to confront painful truths about herself and her famous mother as she desperately tries to escape her jailer. Her online adventure gaming hasn't prepared her for this real-life dungeon!
*Boy in the Burning House	TEEN WYNNE-JONES
Fourteen-year-old Jim gets help trying to solve the disappearance of his father from an unexpected source: the disturbed stepdaughter of the local pastor, who suspects her stepfather was involved.

Title Of Book	Call Number
Rat Life	TEEN ARNOLD
Todd goes from making beds at his family's motel to working at the drive-in theater when he meets young Vietnam vet Rat. When a dead body is found in the Chemanga River, Rat seems to be a part of the puzzle.
Desert Crossing	TEEN BROACH
A summer trip across the New Mexico desert turns nightmarish for fourteen-year-old Lucy, her older brother Jamie, and his best friend Kit, as they become involved in the suspicious death of a young girl.
Last Shot	TEEN PPB FEINSTEIN
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game. (Sequels: Vanishing Act, Cover-Up, Change-Up, The Rivalry)
The Christopher Killer	TEEN FERGUSON
On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger. Sequel: Angel of Death. Alane Ferguson doesn't pull her punches with these forensics-based mysteries, making them a good choice for older and non-squeamish readers. (Sequels: Angel of Death, Circle of Blood, The Dying Breath)
Bad Kitty	TEEN JAFFE
While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived from California. This is a mystery with a sense of humor.
Blackthorn	TEEN REISS
An idyllic seaside artists' colony in England is the scene of murder, and fifteen-year-old American-born Juliana Martin-Drake attempts to solve the crime while unraveling the mystery of her own past.
Terrier	TEEN PIERCE
In this fantasy/myster, when sixteen-year-old Beka becomes "Puppy" to a pair of "Dogs," as the Provost's Guards are called, she uses her police training, natural abilities, and a touch of magic to help them solve the case of a murdered baby in Tortall's Lower City. (Sequel: Bloodhound)
The Intruders	TEEN RICHARDSON
When soon-to-be stepbrothers Joel and Tim start having the same nightmare after moving into a old house, they decide to investigate its source and the many other strange occurrences in their new home.
Endymion Spring	TEEN SKELTON
Having reluctantly accompanied his academic mother and pesky younger sister to Oxford, twelve-year-old Blake Winters is at loose ends until he stumbles across an ancient and magical book, secretely brought to England in 1453 by Gutenberg's mute apprentice to save it from evil forces, and which now draws Blake into a dangerous and life-threatening quest. This is a mystery for those who also enjoy fantasy novels.
Double Helix	TEEN WERLIN
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.
A Northern Light	TEEN DONNELLY
In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story. This book has a mystery element, but is not a typical mystery book.
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters	TEEN GILES
Fourteen-year-old Sunny is stunned when a total stranger shows up at her house posing as her older sister Jazz, who supposedly died out of town in a fire months earlier. And Sunny isn't at all happy to see her...
My Life and Death, by Alexandra Canarsie	TEEN O'KEEFE
Fifteen-year-old Allie often escapes her problems by attending strangers' funerals. This leads to her first real friendship and to a mystery that she believes only she can solve.
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found	TEEN PPB NICKERSON
With a swimming medal, the key to a mansion, and a comic book about a half-man/half-rat as her only clues, a twelve-year-old girl seeks the true story of her father's mysterious death four years earlier near an island in the Pacific Northwest.
Dovey Coe	TEEN DOWELL
When accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a stronged-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother.
Phoning a Dead Man	TEEN CROSS
When John, a British demolitions expert, is supposedly killed blowing up a building in Siberia, his fiancee and his sister investigate. They never expect to discover the Russian Mafia is involved!
The Mystery of Mary Rogers	TEEN GN GEARY
Based on a true story of a girl killed in New York City in 1841. Nobody knows what really happened, but author Rick Geary offers several possibilities. This book is told in graphic novel format.
Murder on the Orient Express	TEEN PPB CHRISTIE
Agatha Christie is regarded as one of the best mystery writers who ever lived, and much of her reputation is based on this book. There is a murder on the Orient Express, a train traveling from Istanbul to Paris. There is an international group of suspects. And there is one of the most famous detectives ever, Monsieur Hercules Poirot. If he can't solve it, nobody can.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes	TEEN PPB DOYLE
While Agatha Christie was the female mystery writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle set the standard for men. His Sherlock Holmes is the character all other detectives are measured against. In these two volumes, you can read classics such as Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, and Sign of the Four.
The Falconer's Knot	TEEN HOFFMAN
Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love.
The Beekeeper's Apprentice	TEEN PPB KING
What would happen if Sherlock Holmes retired, and then met the most brilliant mind (outside his) he's ever encountered? And it's in the body of a fifteen-year-old girl? This chance meeting with Mary Russell brings Holmes out of retirement and into one of the most dangerous cases he's ever had to solve. Laurie R. King followed this intriguing novel with several other Holmes-Russell books.
Purloined Letter & Murder in the Rue Morgue	TEEN POE
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales	TEEN PPB POE
Poe is the man who began it all. Credited with writing the first mystery, these tales are weird and creepy.
The Terrorist	TEEN/TEEN PPB COONEY
Sixteen-year-old Laura refuses to believe that the bomb that killed her younger brother was given to him by accident, and she sets out to find out why he was targeted for murder.
Close to a Killer	TEEN QUALEY
Seventeen-year-old Barrie finds herself involved in a string of murders that are somehow connected to her mother's hair salon.