Detective Frankenstein
As a young, distressed servant girl in London in the late nineteenth century, thinking that her friend Eleanor is murdered and the body snatched, the reader is asked to make choices to determine the outcome of the story.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: homicide [X], theft [X], mystery graphic novels, horror graphic novels, plot-your-own stories
Shattered
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
subjects: interpersonal relations, high school students, african americans, voyages and travels, murder, homicide [X], horror fiction, cyborgs, science fiction, science fiction, families, family life, theft [X], missing persons
Bang
High school juniors Quentin and JD engage in a robbery that turns deadly, and one of them is left to take the blame.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: robbery, murder, mystery and detective stories, theft [X], homicide [X], mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, stealing
Scum
When Megan's brother Danny is killed in an apparent robbery, she wants to believe it was an accident but as she digs deeper into Danny's death, she discovers that Danny was in a lot of trouble.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 560
subjects: brothers and sisters, brothers, robbery, siblings, homicide [X], drug dealers, mystery fiction, theft [X], stealing, mystery fiction
The Shrunken Head
Philippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max, orphans with extraordinary abilities, must find out who stole a valuable artifact--an Amazonian shrunken head--in order to save their home, Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: orphans, museums, curiosities and wonders, mystery and detective stories, murder, robbery, homicide [X], theft [X], mystery fiction
The Blood Between Us
"Growing up, Adrien and his sister, Grace, competed viciously for everything.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Steeplejack
"Seventeen-year-old Anglet Sutonga lives and works as a steeplejack in Bar-Selehm, a sprawling city known for its great towers, spires, and smokestacks--and even greater social disparities across race and class.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: criminal investigation, murder, secrets, racial relations, homicide [X], theft [X], detective and mystery fiction
The Witch Elm
Toby works as a publicist in an art gallery and comes from a well-to-do family.
FIC
year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: theft [X], homicide [X], uncles, secrecy, suspense fiction, mystery fiction, suspense fiction, mystery fiction
The Clockmaker's Daughter
In present day London, archivist Elodie discovers a satchel with contents that send her on a journey of discovery with characters whose stories interweave in a mysterious house, Birchwood Manor on the Upper Thames.
FIC
year:
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: homicide [X], missing persons, artists, theft [X], historical fiction, mystery fiction, romance fiction, london (england), historical fiction, detective and mystery fiction, romance fiction
Lifeguard
Lifeguard Ned Kelly goes on the run to save his life when a simple heist his cousin arranged that could set him up financially for a very long time, goes horribly wrong.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: lifeguards, murder, homicide [X], theft [X], cousins, adventure fiction, adventure fiction
How To Get Away With Myrtle
When someone commits robbery and murder aboard the luxurious train on which Myrtle Hardcastle, her Aunt Helena, her governess Miss Judson, and cat Peony are traveling, Myrtle is determined to find the culprit.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: railroad travel, murder, theft [X], detective and mystery stories, stealing, mystery and detective stories, great britain, detective and mystery fiction, homicide [X]
The Last Devil To Die
"Shocking news reaches them--an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: clubs, murder, older people, retirement communities, swindlers and swindling, lost articles, fiction / mystery & detective / amateur sleuth, homicide [X], theft [X], antiques business, england, detective and mystery stories, detective and mystery fiction, fiction, mystery fiction, novels