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Flawless

a pretty little liars novel
2007
After their friend Alison, missing for more than three years, turns up dead, four former best friends, each of whom had a secret known only by Alison, begin receiving frightening messages from someone identified by the letter "A.".

Dead on town line

2006
A murdered teen's experience of her afterlife includes her efforts to have her body found and to provide comfort to her loved ones.

Vanishing act

mystery at the U.S. Open
2006
Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top Russian player.

After hours

Party Room #2
2005
Kristen is trying to forget the death her best friend and that she had dated a murderer; she parties every night, until she meets her ex-boyfriend in the Hamptons.

The Wolf Princess

2013
Sophie Smith is a teenage orphan stuck in a boarding school in London, but at night she dreams of Russia and wolves--then, on a class trip to St. Petersburg, she finds herself and her two friends deliberately separated from the group and whisked off into the silver forest of her dreams, where a mystery awaits.

The hockey mystery

2007
The Alden children investigate when it appears that someone is trying to sabotage their friend professional hockey player Kevin Reynolds's plans to build an ice skating rink in Greenfield.

Dirty tricks

2006
Richelle and her five loyal friends hit the library when a new teacher assigns them too much homework, but they are distracted from their studies by an unknown prankster whose practical jokes are making the library a treacherous place.

Pretty little liars

2006
When one of their tightly-knit group mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything about their past and present secrets.

Chain letter

1986
For seven teenagers, keeping a secret could be more than difficult, it could be deadly.

Playing Murder

a novel
1985
When one of the players in a murder game is killed, seventeen-year-old Anna and her twin brother realize that their circle of friends may conceal a real murderer.

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