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The View From The Cherry Tree

author: Roberts, Willo Davis
Though Rob saw Mrs. Calloway fall to her death, strangled by the leather strap of her binoculars, he wants to believe that it was an accident.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 41
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, family life [X], murder [X], homicide [X]

Many Stones

author: Coman, Carolyn
After her sister Laura is murdered in South Africa, Berry and her estranged father travel there to participate in the dedication of a memorial in her name.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830

Blood Wounds

author: Pfeffer, Susan Beth
Willa's life as part of a loving, blended family is torn apart when her estranged father kills his new wife and children and heads east in pursuit of her and her mother, and while in police protection, Willa learns her mom has been harboring secrets, and tries to decide whether to share a devastating secret of her own.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620

Shattered

author: Langan, Paul, Koontz, Dean R, Wasserman, Robin
Living with other "mechs" since her wealthy parents transplanted her brain into a mechanical body to prevent her from dying in a horrible accident, Lia becomes a pawn in a religious leader's movement to outlaw "mech" technology and eradicate machines such as herself.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 140
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670

The Killer's Cousin

author: Werlin, Nancy
After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange young cousin Lily.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: emotional problems, cousins, guilt, murder [X], family problems, homicide [X], family life [X]

The Musician's Daughter

author: Dunlap, Susanne Emily
In eighteenth-century Vienna, Austria, fifteen-year-old Theresa seeks a way to help her mother and brother financially while investigating the murder of her father, a renowned violinist in Haydn's orchestra at the court of Prince Esterhazy, after his body is found near a gypsy camp.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950

Impact

author: Dekker, James C
The death of Jordan's brother two years earlier in what appeared to be a random act, has lasting effects on the entire family, especially Jordan who knows more than he is saying about the murder.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: brothers, murder [X], families, homicide [X], family life [X], family

Playing In Traffic

author: Giles, Gail
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

Criminal

author: Mcvoy, Terra Elan
Eighteen-year-old Nikki's unconditional love for Dee helps her escape from her problems, but when he involves her in a murder Nikki winds up in prison, confronted with hard facts that challenge whether Dee ever loved her, and she can only save herself by telling the truth about Dee.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710

Confessions

author: Patterson, James
Teenage detective Tandy Angel attempts to exonerate her famous brother of murder charges, track down a New York City killer, and figure out what happened to her lost love.
FIC
year:
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780

The Lovely Bones

author: Sebold, Alice
In the first chapter of this haunting novel, 14-year-old Susie Salmon looks down from heaven and describes the horrifying events of her murder.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890

Little Bird Of Heaven

author: Oates, Joyce Carol
In two related narratives Krista Diehl and Aaron Kruller describe their emotions and opinions about the murder of Aaron's mother, Zoe, each blaming the other person's father for the killing and eventually coming to terms with their obsession over the case and one another.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families, murder [X], family life [X], homicide [X], psychological fiction

Ask The Dark

author: Turner, Henry
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

Nearly Found

author: Cosimano, Elle
High school senior and science whiz Nearly Boswell, called Leigh, is thrilled when she gets an internship in a forensic science lab, since it is a step toward college and a way out of the trailer park--but soon she finds herself the target of a serial killer, one who seems to know a lot about the residents of Sunny View Trailer Park as well as her absent father's secrets.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
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And Then There Were Four

author: Werlin, Nancy
"When five high school students are brought together under mysterious circumstances, they begin to piece together a theory that their parents are working together to kill them all"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year:
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
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