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 [X], 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 [X]
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 [X]