Overturned
Nikki Tate's father has been on death row for killing his best friend in a gambling dispute, but he has always maintained his innocence, and now his conviction has been overturned and he is back at the casino, where high school junior Nikki has been operating illegal poker games in the hopes of saving enough money to get out of Vegas after graduation--and now he is determined to find the real killer, and Nikki is inevitably drawn into his dangerous search for the truth.
FIC
year:
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: homicide [X], poker, gambling, murder [X], casinos, fathers and daughters, juvenile fiction / social themes / friendship, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, juvenile fiction / action & adventure, african americans, nevada, las vegas (nev.), detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction, juvenile works, fiction, father-daughter relationship
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, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery stories, african american teenagers, detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction, homicide [X], criminal investigation, mystery fiction