One Of Us
On his way home from work, Derrick Shaw witnesses a murder and to save himself he promises not to reveal the identity of the killer, a former Tubman student, but the guilt of the cover-up proves to be too much for Derrick as he contemplates turning in the shooter.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: murder [X], guilt, schools, school stories, homicide [X], african american teenagers, crime, high school students, electronic books, electronic books
Playing In Traffic
Shy and unremarkable, seventeen-year-old Matt Lathrop is surprised and flattered to find himself singled out for the sexual attentions of the alluring Skye Colbly, until he discovers the evil purpose behind her actions.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: family problems, interpersonal relations, parent and child, murder [X], high schools, schools, family life, parent-child relationship, homicide [X], school stories, family, dysfunctional families, families
Guilty
When Finn's stepmother is gunned down, and he learns that the gunman has also admitted to killing Finn's birth mother years before, Finn strikes up a friendship with the killer's daughter and the two search for the truth of what is going on.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 560
The Waking Dark
"After a series of suicide-killings and a deadly storm, the residents of the town of Oleander, Kansas, start acting even more strangely than would be expected.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: murder [X], death, city and town life, kansas, science fiction, homicide [X], horror fiction
Murder & Mystery
Three graphic novels containing elements of murder and mystery.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Macbeth
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's play about Macbeth, the eleventh-century king of Scotland, and of the tragedy of prophecy and royal murder.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
subjects: shakespeare, william, macbeth, regicides, murder [X], kings, queens, rulers, etc, cartoons and comics, homicide [X], scotland, graphic novels, kings and rulers, comic books, strips, etc, electronic books
The Lethal Gorilla
P.C. and Mackenzie investigate when a scientist at the Bronx Wildlife Conservation Park dies from a dose of gorilla blood.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: gorilla, murder [X], mystery and detective stories, gorillas, homicide [X], bronx (new york, n.y.)
Loves Music, Loves To Dance
A killer enacts a bizarre dance of death, drawing his victims from among the women who answer his personal ads in New York's trendy weekly magazines.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
Jack & Jill
A series of murders leaves homicide detective Alex Cross looking for clues as to the killer's motives and next victim.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], homicide [X], washington (d.c.), police psychologists, african american police, police, cross, alex (fictitious character)
The Bad Place
Detectives Bobby and Julie agree to watch over Frank after he wakes up in a motel to find his hands covered with blood and strange objects in his pockets.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mystery fiction, brothers and sisters, amnesia, murder [X], private investigators, psychokinesis, homicide [X]
Absolute Power
Burglar Luther Whitney is forced to run for his life after he sees Secret Service agents shoot and kill a wealthy, young socialite whose affair with the President of the United States had gotten out of control.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
When The Wind Blows
Unconventional FBI agent Kit Harrison, determined to pursue a conspiracy of illegal human genetic experimentation, travels to Colorado where he and veterinarian Frannie O'Neill work together to save a group of children who can fly.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Lost City
Kurt Austin and the NUMA team have their work cut out for them when people are killed trying to harvest an enzyme that affects longevity that was found at the bottom of the Atlantic, while scientists in a remote Greek village are disappearing one by one, and a body turns up frozen high in the Alps.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: austin, kurt (fictitious character), murder [X], scientists, austin, kurt (fictional character), homicide [X]
The Queen Of Everything
High school junior Jordan MacKenzie finds her ordinary life spinning out of control when her father, a predictable optometrist she has been living with since her parents' divorce, suddenly steps out of character and becomes involved with a married woman.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: teenage girls, fathers and daughters, man-woman relationships, adultery, murder [X], homicide [X], man-woman relationship, father-daughter relationship, teenagers
Light In August
This is a novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, and features some of Faulkner's most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by vision of Confederate horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
FIC
year: 1979
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: racially mixed people, murder [X], homicide [X], mississippi, drifters, pregnant women, faulkner, william, mississippi