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• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

  Jackson, Holly, 1992-

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  #1 - "The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. Almost everyone. Having grown up in the small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Games Untold

  Barnes, Jennifer Lynn,

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  #2 - "Discover the stories of love and loss, power, puzzles and life-and-death scenes, in a collection that takes readers deeper into the world of the best-selling Inheritance Games series." Book 4.5 in the series.

• One of Us Is Lying

  McManus, Karen M.

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  #3 - "When one of five students in detention is found dead, his high-profile classmates--including a brainy intellectual, a popular beauty, a drug dealer on probation and an all-star athlete--are investigated and revealed to be the subjects of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bad Blood

  a Naturals Novel

  Barnes, Jennifer Lynn,

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  #4 - "Cassie Hobbes and the rest of the Naturals are back in this conclusion to Jennifer Lynn Barnes's FBI thriller series." Book 4 in the series.

• Truly Devious

  Johnson, Maureen, 1973-

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  #5 - "Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Out of the Easy

  Sepetys, Ruta

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  #6 - "Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation."

• Under the Same Stars

  Bray, Libba

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  #7 - "Three timelines converge to unveil the mysterious disappearance of two girls during World War II."

• You'll Be the Death of Me

  McManus, Karen M.

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  #8 - "Deciding to ditch school together, former friends Ivy, Cal and Mateo, in one chance move, find their day turning from dull to deadly when another student is murdered right in front of them."

• Nothing More to Tell

  McManus, Karen M.

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  #9 - "Starting her dream internship at a true-crime show, Brynn becomes determined to solve the murder of her favorite teacher four years earlier and begins to uncover secrets that change everything--and place her in the crosshairs of a killer."

• A Study in Charlotte

  a Charlotte Holmes Novel

  Cavallaro, Brittany

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  #10 - "Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson descendants, Charlotte and Jamie, students at a Connecticut boarding school, team up to solve a murder mystery." Book 1 in the series.

• The Night in Question

  An Agathas Mystery

  Glasgow, Kathleen, 1969-

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  #11 - "When Iris and Alice's high school dance at the infamous Levy Castle, the site of starlet Mona Moody's unsolved death in the 1940s, is interrupted by a violent assault, they pull out their murder boards and get back to work." Book 2 in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Summer She Went Missing

  Ichaso, Chelsea

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  #12 - "One year after her best friend, Audrey, went missing, Paige enters a world far darker than she ever could've imagined to find the truth after discovering a burner phone hidden in Audrey's old room that links her disappearance to that of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shelter

  a Mickey Bolitar Novel

  Coben, Harlan, 1962-

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  #13 - "After tragic events tear Mickey Bolitar away from his parents, he is forced to live with his estranged Uncle Myron and switch high schools, where he finds both friends and enemies, but when his new girlfriend, Ashley, vanishes, he follows her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Agent of Chaos

  Garcia, Kami

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  #14 - "How did Fox Mulder become a believer? In the spring of 1979, 17 year-old Fox Mulder has bigger problems than applying for college. Five years ago, his younger sister disappeared from their home and was never heard from again. Mulder blames…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nine Liars

  Johnson, Maureen, 1973-

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  #15 - "While studying abroad, intrepid sleuth Stevie Bell is introduced to an unsolved double-murder cold case involving nine friends from Cambridge University and soon discovers the killer hasn't finished what was started back in 1995."

• Wicked Darlings

  Taylor, Jordyn

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  #16 - "Aspiring journalist Noa gets a lead about sketchy circumstances surrounding her sister's untimely death, prompting her to infiltrate the seedy underbelly of Manhattan high society that entangles her with a close-knit circle of friends and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mystery Royale

  Cavalancia, Kaitlyn,

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  #17 - "Sixteen-year-old Mullory Prudence is competing in a game of Mystery Royale at Stoutmire Estate for a chance to win an inheritance and discovers the prize is a recluse's illusionary magical properties and must untangle a twisted family web."

• Kill Her Twice

  Lee, Stacey (Stacey Heather)

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  #18 - "In in 1930s Los Angeles Chinatown, the Chow sisters, May, Gemma, and Peony, suspect foul play in the death of Chinatown star Lulu Wong and take it upon themselves to solve the murder, revealing a conspiracy that threatens their Chinatown…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Better Left Buried

  Roach, Mary E.,

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  #19 - "Told in alternating voices, teenagers Lucy and Audrey investigate a town full of secrets, a family full of mystery, and an abandoned amusement park where people keep turning up dead."

• The Headmaster's List

  De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971-

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  #20 - "Unable to remember anything about the car crash that killed a fellow elite prep school student, 18-year-old Spencer Sandoval goes to dangerous lengths to uncover the truth about what really happened."