A Stranger Is Watching
The family of a murder victim, a journalist opposed to capital punishment and the man convicted of the killing find their lives bound together as the hour of execution approaches, while the person who knows the truth about the murder waits to plunge them into an abyss of terror.
FIC
year: 1991
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
The Lindbergh Child
A graphic novel story that provides the details of the kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles Lindbergh and the investigation and arrest that followed.
364.15
year: 2008
copies: 9
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: lindbergh, charles augustus, lindbergh, charles a, kidnapping [X], extortion, murder, graphic novels, homicide [X], comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics
Chasing The Dead
Sue Young, a 34-year-old single mom living in Boston, gets a phone call from a man who informs her he's kidnapped her infant daughter, Veda, and chastises her for an ancient crime she committed with her childhood friend and mysteriously missing ex-husband, Philip Chamberlain.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Year Of The Gadfly
A budding teen journalist and her enigmatic science teacher separately work to locate and infiltrate a secret society that threatens their elite prep school with a shady tragedy from the past, an event that challenges the student's allegiances.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: hallucinations and illusions, journalists, adolescence, homicide [X], kidnapping [X], massachusetts
Snake Bite
"Kidnapped and taken to China, young Sherlock Holmes enjoys adventure on the high seas before encountering a puzzling case of three men bitten by the same poisonous snake in different parts of Shanghai.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: murder, homicide [X], seafaring life, kidnapping [X], detective and mystery stories, great britain, china, shanghai (china), holmes, sherlock, detective and mystery fiction
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?ene Lupin--but Ars?ene'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: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: holmes, sherlock, adler, irene, characters in literature, sopranos (singers), kidnapping [X], murder, mystery and detective stories, great britain, london (england), lupin, ars?ne (fictional character), adler, irene, holmes, sherlock (fictional character), singers, homicide [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 [X], homicide [X], conduct of life, family problems, heroes, murder, dysfunctional families, mystery and detective stories, family life, mystery fiction, juvenile fiction / action & adventure / general, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, juvenile fiction / law & crime, juvenile fiction / boys & men, electronic books, mystery fiction, electronic books
Kill The Boy Band
Four fan-girls of The Ruperts, sneak away to a hotel in Manhattan to see their favorite boy band, but when one of them literally drags Rupert Pierpont to their room and they tie him up, things get complicated--and when Rupert is killed things go from bad to worse.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: fans (persons), boy bands, kidnapping [X], murder, new york (n.y.), bands (music), homicide [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 [X], sopranos (singers), characters and characteristics in literature, mystery fiction, london (england), great britain, mystery fiction
A Beautiful Child
Tells the story of a young woman known as Sharon and as Tonya, her real identity unknown, who was abducted as a young child by paroled convict Franklin Floyd and endured years of molestation first as his "daughter" and then as his "wife" before he killed her, and whose son suffered at his hands as well.
364.15
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: murder, murder victims, kidnapping [X], criminal investigation, homicide [X], victims of crimes
Truly Devious
Ellingham Academy in Vermont is full of riddles, twisting pathways, and winding gardens.
FIC
year:
copies: 82
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: murder, private schools, homicide [X], criminal investigation, detective and mystery fiction, cold cases (criminal investigation), school stories, mystery fiction, kidnapping [X], vermont, mystery fiction
The Ruinous Sweep
"On the night Donovan Turner is thrown out of a car on a highway in the middle of nowhere, he can barely remember his own name, let alone the past twenty-four hours.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mystery fiction, kidnapping [X], amnesia, guilt, homicide [X], mystery fiction, murder, detective and mystery fiction
You Were Never Really Here
"Joe has witnessed things that cannot be erased. A former FBI agent and Marine, his abusive childhood has left him damaged beyond repair.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: kidnapping [X], murder, human trafficking victims, legislators, homicide [X], thrillers (fiction)
Say Nothing
"A narrative about a notorious killing that took place in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and its repercussions to this day"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mcconville, jean, irish republican army, abduction, murder, true crime / murder / general, history / europe / ireland, true crime stories, kidnapping [X], homicide [X]
Providence
Growing up as best friends in small-town New Hampshire, Jon and Chloe are the only ones who truly understand each other and their intense connection.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: interpersonal relations, kidnapping [X], homicide [X], new hampshire, man-woman relationships, police, ability, detective and mystery stories, man-woman relationship, supernatural, mystery fiction, romance fiction, paranormal fiction, detective and mystery fiction