Spin
When DJ ParSec (Paris Secord), rising star of the local music scene, is found dead over her turntables, the two girls who found her, Kya (her pre-fame best friend) and Fuse (her current chief groupie) are torn between grief for Paris and hatred for each other--but when the lack of obvious suspects stalls the investigation, and the police seem to lose interest, despite pressure from social media and ParSec's loyal fans, the two girls unite, determined to find out who murdered their friend.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: friendship, grief, fans (persons), murder [X], celebrities, disc jockeys, african americans [X], mystery and detective stories [X], detective and mystery stories, african american teenagers, detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction, homicide, criminal investigation, mystery fiction
Promise Boys
J.B., Ramon, and Trey, students of the Urban Promise Prep School, must follow the school's strict rules, but when their principal is murdered, the three boys must band together to track down the real killer before they are arersted.
FIC
year:
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans [X], hispanic americans, murder [X], mystery and detective stories [X], schools, mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction, novels, thrillers (fiction)
Snitchers
Years ago Nia lost her father to the violence plaguing her small Indiana city, but when the five-year-old boy she babysits for is killed in a drive-by shooting, she and her friends decide enough is enough and set out to find the murderer--never anticipating how close to home that investigation will lead.
FIC
year:
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: drive-by shootings, african american teenagers, african american families, murder [X], friendship, detective and mystery stories, city and town life, african americans [X], mystery and detective stories [X], indiana, detective and mystery fiction, novels
The Black Queen
When Nova, Lovett High School's first black homecoming queen, is murdered the night of her coronation, her best friend, Duchess, finds an unlikely ally in her search for the killer--her prime suspect, Tinsley, the white rival nominee for queen.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: african americans [X], race relations, high schools, schools, contests, murder [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories [X], school fiction, detective and mystery fiction
Play The Game
When the man responsible for killing his best friend Ed is murdered and all signs point to his other best friend Jack, gamer VZ must level up to help Jack while trying to keep Ed's legacy alive through a video game.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: video games, friendship, murder [X], african americans [X], grief, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories [X], homicide, mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction
Wander In The Dark
Two brothers must come together to solve the murder of the most popular girl in school after one of them is caught fleeing the scene of her death.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], brothers, dysfunctional families, african americans [X], detective and mystery stories, family problems, mystery and detective stories [X], homicide, family life, new orleans (la.), detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction)
Tender Beasts
When a gruesome murder rocks Sunny's private school, with her own brother as the main suspect, she takes it upon herself to discover the real killer--and uncovers a slew of dark family secrets in the process.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], siblings, secrecy, families, african americans [X], private schools, schools, detective and mystery stories, secrets, family life, mystery and detective stories [X], detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction), school fiction