The New Girl
Guided by her rules, nine-year-old Allie works to get past being just the new girl at school, eagerly awaits the arrival of her kitten, and faces turmoil when her grandmother visits while the family is still settling into their new home.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 92
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: bullying, grandmothers, rules (philosophy), moving, household, best friends, fund raising, contests, middle school students, schools, murder, high school students, man-woman relationships, horror stories, homicide, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories [X], north carolina, sisters [X], school stories, radio and television novels
The Inside Story
As the fairytale detectives race through the Book of Everafter searching for their baby brother, they encounter various characters including the Editor and his army of Revisers, who threaten the children with dire consequences if they continue to change the stories.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: characters and characteristics in literature, sisters [X], magic, characters in literature, fantasy fiction, mystery fiction [X], books and reading, mystery fiction, fantasy fiction, detective and mystery fiction, fantasy, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery stories [X]
The Sweetness At The Bottom Of The Pie
Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is propelled into a mystery when a man is found murdered on the grounds of her family's decaying English mansion and Flavia's father becomes the main suspect.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
Dr. Frankenstein's Daughters
Giselle and Ingrid are the twin daughters of Doctor Victor Frankenstein, but they are very different people, and when they inherit his castle in the Orkney Islands, Giselle dreams of holding parties and inviting society--but Ingrid is fascinated by her father's forbidden experiments.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: frankenstein, victor (fictitious character), human experimentation in medicine, monsters, twins, sisters [X], orkney (scotland), horror tales, detective and mystery stories [X], historical fiction, diaries, horror stories, mystery and detective stories, frankenstein, victor (fictional character), horror fiction, mystery fiction [X], horror fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction
The Mystery At Claudia's House
Claudia's room has been ransacked, and her sister Janine is acting strange.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: mystery and detective stories, sisters [X], mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories [X]
Backstage Pass
Having moved from Anaheim to Hollywood, California, so her sister can star in a television sitcom, shy and lonely Jessica tries to discover who is selling unflattering stories about her sibling to the tabloids.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: actors and actresses, mystery and detective stories, sisters [X], self-confidence, actors, hollywood (los angeles, calif.), mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories [X], television
Sadie
"Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 78
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: speech disorders, sisters [X], revenge, podcasting, stuttering, podcasts, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, detective and mystery stories [X], mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction
Long Bright River
"A suspense novel that also looks at the anatomy of a Philadelphia family rocked by the opioid crisis and the relationship between two sisters--one, suffering from addiction, who has suddenly gone missing amid a series of mysterious murders; the other a police officer who patrols the neighborhood from which she disappeared: a story about the formidable ties between place, family, and fate"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: sisters [X], drug addicts, policewomen, missing persons, suspense fiction, detective and mystery stories [X], mystery fiction [X], philadelphia (pa.), thrillers (fiction), detective and mystery fiction
The Vanishing Half
"The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: twins, sisters [X], african american women, identity (philosophical concept), detective and mystery stories [X], identity (psychology), mystery fiction [X], united states, historical fiction, domestic fiction, detective and mystery fiction
The Perfect Place To Die
Seventeen-year-old Zuretta Palmer travels to Chicago during the 1893 World's Fair to find her missing sister, but when the police and the Pinkertons refuse to help her, Zuretta begins her own investigation by becoming a maid at the notorious Castle.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: household employees, sisters [X], buildings, murder, mystery fiction [X], horror tales, pinkerton's national detective agency, world's columbian exposition, chicago (ill.), detective and mystery stories [X], mystery and detective stories, horror stories, homicide, detective and mystery fiction, horror fiction
Sense And Second-degree Murder
Eighteen-year-old aspiring chemist Elinor Dashwood and her younger sister Marianne, a budding detective, work together to solve the mystery of their father's murder.
FIC
year:
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dashwood, elinor, dashwood, marianne, murder, opium, sisters [X], characters and characteristics in literature, detective and mystery stories [X], characters in literature, mystery and detective stories, homicide, mystery fiction [X], great britain, detective and mystery fiction, historical fiction
Enola Holmes And The Black Barouche
When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and the mysterious appearance of a black barouche.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: twins, sisters [X], marriage, psychiatric hospitals, characters and characteristics in literature, detective and mystery stories [X], characters in literature, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction [X], great britain, detective and mystery fiction
Threads That Bind
In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, Io, a descendant of the Greek Fates, must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: gods, greek, private investigators, murder, sisters [X], detective and mystery stories [X], fantasy, mystery and detective stories, gods and goddesses, homicide, mystery fiction [X], fantasy fiction, detective and mystery fiction