Fake Id
Nick Pearson, in the Witness Protection Program, moves to Stepton, Virginia, where he becomes friends with Eli Cruz.
FIC
year:
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: african americans [X], conspiracies, detective and mystery stories [X], witnesses, mystery fiction, witness protection programs
Shadows On Society Hill
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy, a former slave, discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she escaped from only two years earlier.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: african americans [X], detective and mystery stories [X], mystery and detective stories, historical fiction, philadelphia (pa.), mystery fiction
The Cameo Necklace
Eleven-year-old C?cile Rey searches through many corners of 1854 New Orleans seeking a necklace, borrowed from her Tante Tay, that disappeared as she was exiting a crowded showboat.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: lost articles, detective and mystery stories [X], mystery and detective stories, lost and found possessions, african americans [X], new orleans (la.), mystery fiction, french americans, mystery fiction
The Parker Inheritance
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 104
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans [X], buried treasure, grandmothers, mother-daughter relationship, friendship, south carolina, mystery fiction, mothers and daughters, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery stories [X], treasure troves, african american girls, detective and mystery fiction, children's audiobooks
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, celebrities, disc jockeys, african americans [X], mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery stories [X], african american teenagers, detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction, homicide, criminal investigation, mystery fiction
The Amazing Life Of Azaleah Lane
"Azaleah loved her class field trip to the National Zoo in Washington D.
FIC
year:
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: national zoological park (u.s.), african american girls, middle-born children, sisters, school field trips, soft toys, lost articles, detective and mystery stories [X], african americans [X], girls, toys, lost and found possessions, mystery and detective stories, washington (d.c.), detective and mystery fiction
The Dramatic Life Of Azaleah Lane
Azaleah's big sister, Nia, has been cast as Willa Wonka in the school musical, and the entire Lane family is looking forward to the show.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african american girls, middle-born children, sisters, children's plays, musicals, malicious mischief, detective and mystery stories [X], african americans [X], girls, plays, mystery and detective stories, washington (d.c.), detective and mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction
The Scrumptious Life Of Azaleah Lane
Azaleah and her sisters are delighted to spend a weekend at Auntie Sam's while their parents are away, but the cookies Azaleah tries to bake are awful and she is determined to learn why.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: baking, aunts, sisters, african american girls, mystery and detective stories, african americans [X], girls, detective and mystery stories [X], detective and mystery fiction
Snitchers
Years ago Nia lost her father to the violence plaguing her small Indiana city, but when the five-year-old boy she babysits for is killed in a drive-by shooting, she and her friends decide enough is enough and set out to find the murderer--never anticipating how close to home that investigation will lead.
FIC
year:
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: drive-by shootings, african american teenagers, african american families, murder, friendship, detective and mystery stories [X], city and town life, african americans [X], mystery and detective stories, indiana, detective and mystery fiction, novels
The Black Queen
When Nova, Lovett High School's first black homecoming queen, is murdered the night of her coronation, her best friend, Duchess, finds an unlikely ally in her search for the killer--her prime suspect, Tinsley, the white rival nominee for queen.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: african americans [X], race relations, high schools, schools, contests, murder, detective and mystery stories [X], mystery and detective stories, school fiction, detective and mystery fiction
Play The Game
When the man responsible for killing his best friend Ed is murdered and all signs point to his other best friend Jack, gamer VZ must level up to help Jack while trying to keep Ed's legacy alive through a video game.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: video games, friendship, murder, african americans [X], grief, detective and mystery stories [X], mystery and detective stories, homicide, mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction
The Dark Place
"Seventeen-year-old Hylee Williams didn't ask to disappear. But she did disappear, and not only that, but when she vanished from our world, she materialized in a dark, twisted version of the night that changed her life forever: the night her older brother went missing.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: time travel, detective and mystery stories [X], missing persons, blacks and african americans, high schools, schools, mystery and detective stories, african americans [X], horror fiction, supernatural fiction, detective and mystery fiction, time-travel fiction, school fiction
Wander In The Dark
Two brothers must come together to solve the murder of the most popular girl in school after one of them is caught fleeing the scene of her death.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, brothers, dysfunctional families, african americans [X], detective and mystery stories [X], family problems, mystery and detective stories, homicide, family life, new orleans (la.), detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction)
Tender Beasts
When a gruesome murder rocks Sunny's private school, with her own brother as the main suspect, she takes it upon herself to discover the real killer--and uncovers a slew of dark family secrets in the process.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, siblings, secrecy, families, african americans [X], private schools, schools, detective and mystery stories [X], secrets, family life, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction), school fiction