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Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
FIC-MYSTERY BOU
As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. Daunis dreams of studying medicine, but when her family is struck by tragedy, she puts her future on hold to care for her fragile mother. Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she'll go to protect her community, even if it tears apart the only world she’s ever known.
Mystery
Read this if you liked: Apple in the Middle, #Not Your Princess, Elatsoe, Out of Darkness
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
FIC-MYSTERY BAR
Avery, who has no parents and only a half sister who is raising her, has very little. One day she gets a letter and finds out she has inherited billions - the only stipulation is that she must live in his mansion, with the family he disinherited, for one year. A silly premise, but once they discover he left a mystery for them to solve, the join forces and go about solving the game. It was fast paced and clever - if I had the time I would have enjoyed finishing this in one sitting. My only criticism is that when Avery first shows up, everyone should really hate her, and they do, to an extent, but they all work together and get along pretty well which isn't really likely and there's even a bit of a love triangle which is also a bit unlikely. It did end up nice and tidy, and I was surprised at the outcome, but it looks like there is a sequel which should be fun.
Mystery Read this if you liked: One of Us is Lying, Truly Devious, All Our Twisted Secrets, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
FIC-MYSTERY MCM
Three cousins who haven't seen each other since infancy come together to meet their rich grandmother on her exclusive island resort. Their grandmother disowned their parents years ago and no one actually knows why. They decide to go to the island to meet their grandmother and try to figure out why she won't talk to them. She barely acknowledges their presence, and it becomes very clear to them that she did not invite them. But who did, and why? The revelation of the mystery was a bit bizarre, but I liked the story. It read more like a realistic fiction than a mystery - the cousins getting to know one another, their complicated family relationships, their friendship going forward. Very good!
Mystery
Read this if you liked: One of Us is Lying, We Were Liars, All Your Twisted Secrets, The Color of Lies
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
FIC-MYSTERY JAC
I was always on the edge of my seat - was it this one, was it that one, ooh, how did that clue fit? Pip is a HS girl doing her Senior capstone project and sets out to clear the name of a boy who was accused of a murder that happened in her town. She enlists the boy's brother and they run around collecting clues and getting into dangerous situations, trying to get to the truth. Everyone seems to be connected and can be a suspect!
Mystery
Read this if you liked: One of Us is Lying, All Our Twisted Secrets, Truly Devious, Killing November, The Cheerleaders
All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban
FIC URB
5 teens locked in a room discover a bomb and a note - choose someone to die within an hour or else the bomb will go off and kill them all. I had a lot of issues with the premise of the whole book but it was ok. I was completely surprised to find out who locked them in the room and why and then had more issues with the logic of it all. Bottom line is that this book showed that teens are pretty mean and evil and a bunch of bullies.
Mystery
Read this if you liked: One of Us is Lying, The Good Girl's Guide to Murder, The Cheerleaders, We Were Liars, Truly Devious
TheThings She's Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina
FIC-MYSTERY KWA
Beth died in a car accident and her father has not been able to get over it. She appears to him and keeps him company and tries to get him to get on with his life. He's a detective and is trying to solve a crime, and she helps him out. Beth actually wants to move on, but she's too focused on helping her father get past his grief. Beth's dad is interviewing Catching, a girl who was found wandering near the crime scene. And for some reason, she can also see Beth.
Mystery, Novel in Verse
Read this if you liked: Vanishing Girls, I Was Here, Two Can Keep a Secret, Shallow Graves, Lovely Bones
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
FIC-MYSTERY JAC
Claudia gets back from her summer vacation and the very first thing she does is call her best friend Monday but finds the phone disconnected. She hadn't heard from her all summer - they were supposed to write to each other but Monday never did. Tomorrow's the first day of school, so she'll see Monday there. But she's not there on the first day or any day thereafter. Claudia insists that something bad happened to Monday but no one will believe her. She goes to all lengths to try to find out what happened to Monday but she gets nowhere. When she sees Monday's sister at a party, she thinks she'll finally find out what happened, but she only tells her she's staying with her aunt and she won't be back. She still doesn't give up. Then the ending really twisted and just changed everything...ooh!
Mystery
Read this if you liked: Broken Things, Sadie, Spin, After She's Gone
Killing November by Adriana Mather
FIC MAT
November wakes to find herself in a medieval boarding school that teaches its students not about regular academia, but about strategy, poisons, and fighting. She has no idea why she's here, how she got here, or how she can get out. Not only that, but the other students seem to know who she is and are out to get her. November makes some allies and figures out that her family has been keeping this big secret from her - that they were heads of this international syndicate and were behind many of histories greatest events. When another student is murdered, everyone thinks it's November and she has to clear her name.
Mystery
Read this if you liked: One of Us is Lying, Time Bomb, Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Defending Jacob
Two Can Keep a Secret by Kevin McManus
FIC MCM
This kept on my toes wondering if the murderer was this person or that, did they have something to do with the murder that happened years ago or just this one?? There were a lot of balls in the air - there was a murder that happened 17 years ago, another that happened 5 years ago, and one that happened today. It was hard to figure out what they all had in common. There were a lot of characters involved, and I did find myself forgetting who belonged to who and what went with what. But it was a good story and a complete surprise ending!
Mystery
Read this if you liked: Sadie, The Cheerleaders, Vanishing Girls, Broken Things, Complicit
The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry
FIC HEN
Olivia has been in the foster system since she witnessed her parent's murder when she was three. It was always assumed that her father killed her mother and then fled the country, but when one of his bones turned up, the case was reopened. Olivia goes back to her hometown to do some investigating on her own to try to find her parent's killer. No one knows it's her, and she asks a lot of questions. She goes under hypnosis and remembers a bit, but not enough. When she goes to the murder site, the murderer shows up and tries to kill her as well.
Mystery
Read this if you liked: This is Our Story, Defending Jacob, Charm & Strange, Panic, We Were Liars
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
FIC MCN
Like a modern day Breakfast Club, five students go into detention - a jock, a princess, a nerd, a delinquent, and a wanna-be, but then the unthinkable happens, and one of them dies. The police spare no time accusing each of them with the crime as evidence arose, even going so far as to believe they were all in on it. Simon, the boy who died, was the keeper of a gossip column, and each of the remaining four had secrets they wanted to keep. Was that motive enough? The four decide to put their fate in their own hands and try to figure it out for themselves before the police put one of them in jail.
Mystery
Read this if you liked: We Were Liars, When I Am Through With You, All of This is True, Ten
FIC HEN
Nate, at the age of 14, murdered his father, the head of a White Supremacist group. After spending 2 years in a juvenile facility, he is released to his Uncle who wants nothing to do with him. Even though Nate was raised to hate anyone who isn't white, Nate knows that's wrong and wants to be a better person. He meets Brandon, a black boy who becomes his best friend. When the members of the group find him, he wants to save his friend and the whole town, and realizes he has to tell the truth about his past.
Mystery
Read this if liked: The 57 Bus, The Hate U Give, Give a Boy a Gun, Small Great Things, Between the World and Me
Six were taken. Five return. The Leaving tells the story from different viewpoints of two of kids, now teenagers, that returned, and the sister of the boy who did not. Everyone is trying to get their questions answered and find out what happened, especially to the boy who’s still gone. This exciting mystery will leave you on your toes to find out what happens next, you will not want to put it down. - Reviewed by Lyndsey Corsi
Genre: Mystery
Read this if you liked: Dreamland Social Club, Don't Look Back, Afterward, Conjured, Girl in the Blue Coat, Slated
The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry
FIC HEN
At the age of three, Ariel’s mother was brutally murdered and her father was nowhere to be found. Her father was the sole suspect for fourteen years, until new evidence arises and proves his innocence: his jawbone. It is discovered the father was killed the same night as the mother. These events cause Ariel to visit her old town and reflect on the life she use to live as she tries to discover the identity of her parent’s murder and learn the truth. - reviewed by Kyle King
Genre: Mystery
Read this if you liked: The Day She Disappeared, The Body in the Woods, Dead Girls Don’t Lie, Girl in a Bad Place.
A normal football game turns for the worse when Brittany Montague jumps off a bridge. Brittany was their mascot and was well liked by everyone. Everyone accepted that it was a suicide, but there are more things at play. Benny Flax and Virginia Leeds investigate the mysterious circumstances and discover more than they intended. A quiet prep school will never be the same again. - Reviewed by Patricia Lalo
Genre: Mystery
Read if you liked: The Body in the Woods, Nearly Gone, Spontaneous, Falling Over Sideways, Female of the Species
FIC JOH
When Mary was 9 years old, she was convicted viciously of murdering a 3 month old baby. She spent years in jail and is now living in a group home. At 16 years of age, she is scared and pregnant. But Mary has plans. She's smart and she wants to go to college. She's studying for her SATs and wants a future for her baby. But the other girls in the house are constantly fighting with her, she believes her boyfriend is cheating on her, and she has finally told the truth about what happened - her mother did it and she took the rap for it. She loves her mother, but she believes that she's been brainwashed by her.
Mystery, Urban Fiction
Read this if you liked: The Hate U Give, Dear Martin, After, American Street, We Are Okay, We Were Liars
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
FIC HAW
Nel has committed suicide in 'the drowning pool.' a bend in the river of her town where many women have jumped. Her estranged sister, Jules, comes back to town to care for her niece, whom she does not know, but believes her sister was murdered. Nel was obsessed with the downing pool, writing a book about all the women who died there. Many in the town didn't want her to do this, so she had many enemies, and everyone is a suspect.
Suspense
Read this if you liked: Girl on the Train, Pretty Girls, The Winter People, Luckiest Girl Alive, The Widow
Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten
FIC WEI
When June's best friend, Delia commits suicide, June cannot seem to believe it. There's a mystery that she tries to unravel - Delia sent her a message the day she died, but who is that yelling in the background? She is sure she was murdered and sets out to find out the truth. But she finds out more than she wants to know, and then discovers the biggest shocker of them all.
Mystery
Read this if you liked: Thirteen Reasons Why, Dead to Me, Looking for Alaska, My Heart and Other Black Holes
FIC MAT
Ethan was kidnapped when he was 12, and now 4 years later, he's been found and returned home. With him was 11 year old autistic Dylan, whose sister Caroline is just trying to help get him back on track. She befriends Ethan in the hopes he can lend some clarity to the situation, but when he is unable to help, she finds she really likes being with him. The two form a very odd friendship, but it works for them. But when Ethan's memories come flooding back and he remembers what Caroline wants to know, he realizes this may cost him their friendship.
Realistic Fiction, Mystery
Read this if you liked: The Leaving, Still Life with Tornado, Girl Stolen, Stolen, Don't You Cry
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
FIC HAW
On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the passengers disappear into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs--the painter--and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of a wealthy and powerful media mogul's family. - Good Reads
Mystery, Thriller
Read this if you liked: All the Missing Girls, Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train, The Circle
The Leaving by Tara Altebrando
FIC ALT
Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing without a trace. But today, five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are fine, except they're entirely unable to recall where they've been or what happened to them. They don't remember the sixth victim, Max who doesn't come back. Everyone wants answers. Most of all Max's sister Avery, who needs to find her brother--dead or alive--and isn't buying this whole memory-loss story. -goodread
Mystery
Read this if you liked: Don't Look Back, Afterward, Conjured, Girl in the Blue Coat, Slated
FIC LOC
This brilliant and heartbreaking novel tells the story of a prestigious family living on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. Full of love, lies, secrets, no shortage of family dysfunction, and a shocking twist that you won’t see coming. Though this book is written for teens, it shouldn’t be overlooked by anyone looking for a fantastic read. -- Susan Balla for LibraryReads.
Mystery, Suspense
Read this if you liked: This is Where the World Ends, Belzhar, Liar, Vanishing Girls, Orbiting Jupiter
The Lake House by Kate Morton
FIC MOR
Sixty years after little Theo disappears from his home, Sadie, a police officer on leave, stumbles upon the case and wants to solve it. Alternating between the past and the present, there are many interesting characters in Theo's lifeand many different theories about what happened to him. The ending seemed a bit rushed and a bit contrived, but on the whole an engaging book.
Mystery, Parallel narratives
Read this if you liked: The Forgotten Garden, The Truth According to Us
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Fic WAR
A psychological suspense novel which takes place in a beautiful house in the middle of a deserted forest. A group of friends get together for the weekend, and little things start to happen which cause friction in the group and tension. There are fights and bickering and mysterious footsteps in the snow and no cell service. Secrets from the past come out and when someone breaks into the house, tensions are so high, tragedy strikes.
Mystery, psychological suspense
Read this if you liked: The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl, Before I Go to Sleep, Shutter Island
FIC REA
Simon's son is a suspect in a school shooting and he doesn't know what to think. Chapters flash back through Jake's childhood and Simon, a stay at home dad, questions the choices he has made and wonders if he somehow raised his son 'wrong' which led him to this. He is very hard on himself and has a hard time seeing all the good in Jake.
Mystery
Read this if you liked: Defending Jacob, We Need to Talk About Jacob, Gone Girl
The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
FIC KNO
Ani is living the life she's always wanted - she has a great job, killer body, and a gorgeous boyfriend. But Ani is trying to escape her past. She was raped in HS and has been asked to do a documentary about it . Her socialite fiance doesn't want her to do it, but she feels she must in order to get some closure. When they start filming, we find that she was involved in a school shooting which is curiously tied into the rape, and the truth finally comes out.
Mystery, suspense
Read this if you liked: Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, After We Fall, The Girl on the Train
Defending Jacob by William Landay
FIC LAN
When Jacob is accused of murdering a fellow student, his father, a respected district attorney, tries to defend him. His father believes him so wholeheartedly that he is blinded by the facts, but his mother is a bit more realistic, and it frightens her. Did their fourteen year old son actually do this?
Mystery
Read this if you liked: Finding Jake, We Need to Talk about Kevin, Gone Girl, Reconstructing Amelia
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
FIC MCC
When her high-achieving 15-year-old daughter Amelia supposedly commits suicide after she is caught cheating, litigation lawyer and single mother Kate Baron, leveled by grief, must reconstruct the pieces of Amelia's life to find the truth and vindicate the memory of the daughter whose life she could not save. - novelist
Mystery
Read this if you liked: Finding Jake, Little Big Lies, Luckiest Girl Alive, Gone Girl, Girl on the Train
FIC FLY
It is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary, but instead of a romantic dinner, Nick Dunne finds a disheveled living room and missing wife. Nick Dunne seems to be the prime suspect of the investigation. Through Amy’s journal diary entries, you see Amy’s past. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media Nick gets stuck in an endless series of lies. Find out where Amy is in this psychological thriller. ~ reviewed by Brooke Stellman
Mystery, Thriller
Read this if you liked: The Girl on the Train, Reconstructing Amelia, Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
FIC STE
When her health begins failing, the mysterious author Vida Winter decides to let Margaret Lea, a biographer, write the truth about her life, but Margaret needs to verify the facts since Vida has a history of telling outlandish tales. Both women will have to confront their pasts and the weight of family secrets... and the ghosts that haunt them still. -novelist
Mystery, Suspense
Read this if you liked: The Lake House, A Discovery of Witches, Rebecca, Bellman & Black, Book of Lost Things
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