murder

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Killing Mr. Griffin

1978
A teenager casually suggests playing a cruel trick on the English teacher, but did he intend it to end with murder?.

Mister Death's blue-eyed girls

2012
During a party on the last day of her junior year, Nora heads into the woods with her friends to celebrate. Before long, however, they realize they have all become the target of a killer who has begun to hunt them down.

Liar's moon

2011
Digger, a pickpocket, lands in jail and shares a cell with Lord Durrel Decath who is accused of murdering his wife. When she is released, she utilizes her skills as a thief, forger, and spy to examine the case against Durrel, but the closer she gets to finding the truth, the more entangled she becomes in a web of secrets, masks, and lies.

Jasper Jones

a novel
2011
In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.

Ophelia

a novel
2006
In a story based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia tells of her life in the court at Elsinore, her love for Prince Hamlet, and her escape from the violence in Denmark.

Genesis Alpha

2007
When thirteen-year-old Josh's beloved older brother, Max, is arrested for murder, the victim's sister leads Josh to evidence of Max's guilt--and her own--hidden in their favorite online role-playing game and Josh, who was conceived to save Max's life years earlier, must consider whether he shares that guilt.

The hand of the devil

2006
When journalist Ashley Reeves finds himself on an island to interview Reginald Mather, a reclusive insect collector, he soon realizes that he might be the hunted.

Investigating murder mysteries

2004
Discusses some famous murder cases and how forensic science techniques were used to solve them.

Death and the arrow

2003
After his friend Will, a pickpocket in London in 1715, is murdered as part of a series of mysterious deaths, fifteen-year-old Tom Marlowe asks his friend Dr. Harker to help find the killer.

The afterlife

2003
A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.

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