Big Little Lies
Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, women, homicide [X], mystery fiction [X], mothers, divorced women, school stories, suburban life, family, divorce, mystery fiction [X]
In The Shadow Of Gotham
Detective Simon Ziele transfers away from New York City to escape the tragic reminders of his wife's death, only to be assigned to the most brutal murder he has ever seen, a case complicated by Alistair Sinclair, a noted criminologist, who shares information about one of his research subjects, Michael Fromley.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: police, murder, criminologists, homicide [X], historical fiction, new york (state), westchester county (n.y.), mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction [X], historical fiction
We Are Called To Rise
"An immigrant youth struggling to assimilate, a middle-aged housewife with a troubled marriage, a Vegas social worker, and a wounded soldier connect with each other and rescue themselves in the wake of an unthinkable incident"--Provided by OCLC.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, immigrants, mother and child, women immigrants, las vegas (nev.), mother-child relationship, victims of crimes, homicide [X], mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction [X]
The Third Twin
Ava and Lexi, high school seniors and identical twins, created an imaginary triplet, Alicia, to date and dump boys but now they are being stalked and impersonated by the sister they invented and their former dates are turning up dead.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: murder, identity, mystery and detective stories, homicide [X], identity (philosophical concept), sisters, twins, dating (social customs), adoption, identity (psychology), mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction [X]
Ask The Dark
Billy Zeets has a story, and he wants to tell it. He is the neighborhood kid everyone suspects whenever there is a vandalism, theft, or bloodied nose.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: heroes and heroines, kidnapping, homicide [X], conduct of life, family problems, heroes, murder, dysfunctional families, mystery and detective stories, family life, mystery fiction [X], juvenile fiction / action & adventure / general, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, juvenile fiction / law & crime, juvenile fiction / boys & men, electronic books, mystery fiction [X], electronic books
Jackaby
Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: serial murderers, murder, animals, mythical, new england, supernatural, imaginary creatures, fantasy, mystery and detective stories, serial killers, homicide [X], mythical animals, fantasy fiction, mystery fiction [X], paranormal fiction, fantasy fiction, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction
Dark Rooms
"... the murder of Nica Baker, beautiful, wild, enigmatic, and only sixteen.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: homicide [X], criminal investigation, offenses against the person, teenagers, girls, victims of crimes, private schools, sisters, mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction [X]
The Conspiracy Club
When his brief romance with nurse Jocelyn Banks is cut short by her kidnapping and brutal murder, Dr.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: serial murders, police psychologists, women, homicide [X], victims of crimes, psychological fiction, mystery fiction [X], psychological fiction, mystery fiction [X]
One Of Us Is Lying
"Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 144
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: homicide [X], high schools, mystery fiction [X], mystery and detective stories, murder, schools, suspense fiction, social systems, mystery fiction [X], friendship, young adult fiction, detective and mystery fiction, fiction, juvenile works, criminal investigation, school stories, electronic books, detective and mystery stories, school fiction
Sherlock, Lupin, And Me: The Mystery Of The Scarlet Rose
In London, at Christmas time in 1870, a strange message in the classified ads leads the three young detectives to murders that appear to be connected with the Scarlet Rose Gang, whose leader was killed years before.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: adler, irene, holmes, sherlock, lupin, ars?ne (fictional character), characters and characteristics in literature, homicide [X], revenge, mystery fiction [X], london (england), mystery fiction [X]
Sherlock, Lupin, And Me: The Soprano's Last Song
Whisked out of Paris ahead of the Prussian army in 1870, twelve-year-old Irene Adler is reunited in London with her friends, Sherlock Holmes and Ars?ne Lupin--but Ars?ne's father has been arrested for murder and the kidnapping of a famous opera singer, and it is up to the three young detectives to solve the mystery.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: adler, irene, holmes, sherlock, lupin, ars?ne (fictional character), homicide [X], kidnapping, sopranos (singers), characters and characteristics in literature, mystery fiction [X], london (england), great britain, mystery fiction [X]
Murder On The Set
Nancy Drew investigates when a murder takes place on a Hollywood movie set.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: drew, nancy (fictitious character), murder, mystery and detective stories, drew, nancy (fictional character), homicide [X], mystery fiction [X], hollywood (los angeles, calif.), mystery fiction [X]
The Man From Beijing
While investigating the murders of nineteen people, including her grandparents, in a small village in Sweden, Judge Birgitta Roslin learns of others of the same family in Nevada who were also murdered and a connection between China and the slave trade of the nineteenth century.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mass murder investigation, homicide [X], mystery fiction [X], sweden, mystery fiction [X], suspense fiction
Every Dead Thing
Former NYPD detective Charlie Parker, teetering on the verge of madness after the unsolved slayings of his wife and daughter, finds his old instincts for survival, compassion, love, and killing reawakening when he agrees to help his old partner track down a missing girl.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: parker, charlie "bird" (fictitious character), murder, serial murderers, missing children, parker, charlie "bird" (fictional character), mystery fiction [X], lost children, homicide [X], mystery fiction [X]
The Bones Of You
When beautiful, eighteen-year-old Rosie goes missing and later is found brutally murdered, Kate, who has a daughter the same age, is deeply troubled by the idea that anyone would murder a member of such a seemingly wonderful family.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: homicide [X], criminal investigation, teenagers, family, mystery fiction [X], suspense fiction, mystery fiction [X], suspense fiction