murder

To earn the last credit she needs to graduate, Lydia Chass teams up with foul-mouthed Bristal Jamison to transform her listener-friendly local history podcast into a hard-hitting, truth-telling expose as they investigate an unsolved murder from their small town's past.

You go to breakfast with your friends and feel strangely alone. No one looks at you and no one is answering your questions. It's not until you hear a scream and rush to the library to find the sight of your lifeless body that you realize you are dead. Thus begins Murder at the Old Willow Boarding School where you must figure out which of your classmates can and can't be trusted and who among the students at this academy for gifted children is behind such an awful crime. Now, as you investigate, you begin to suspect the killer plans to strike again. The search for your murderer turns into a quest to prevent another killing.

Three feuding exes of an internet prank star must work together to solve his murder after his deactivated account claims one of them is the culprit.

"In Prohibition-era Washington, [DC,] three best friends investigate their beloved headmistress's murder as dark secrets and new feelings start to arise among them"--Provided by publisher.

"Amateur sleuths and wannabe influencers Kerry and Annie are back on the case when a social media festival inspires some killer content--and several on-camera influencer deaths"--Publisher.

"In 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a black teenaged girl kills an elderly white woman in a robbery gone wrong. The shock and awe of the case captivates the state, whose citizens cry out for vengeance. Soon after, Paula Cooper, the fifteen-year-old killer, is sentenced to death. Indiana's minimum age for the death penalty is, at that time, ten years old. [The author] tells the unforgettable story of this single act of violence and its stunning aftermath. The image of a teenaged girl on death row will reverberate miles from Gary and link a varied cast of characters: a female public defender from the northeast, two enterprising Italian journalists, a Franciscan friar with the ear of the Pope, and, in an unlikely twist, the grandson of the victim, who dedicates himself to saving Paula's life. As a girl waits on death row, her fate sparks a debate that not only animates legal circles but also raises universal questions about the value of human life: What is the purpose of criminal justice, especially its harshest penalties? Is forgiveness an act of desperation or of profound bravery? What extreme degrees of empathy might humans be capable of, if given the chance? [This book] opens with a murder and a death sentence, but it is above all about the will to live-to survive, to grow, to change-against the steepest odds. Tirelessly researched and told with intimacy and precision, it brings a haunting chapter in the history of our criminal justice system to astonishing life"--Provided by publisher.

"A teenage sorcerer's apprentice must solve her boss's murder in order to prove her innocence"--Provided by publisher.

"Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: her best friend and her older brother, his perfect girlfriend, Red's secret crush, a classmate--and a killer. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead. With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure out which of them is the target. But is there a liar among them? Buried secrets will be forced to light and tensions inside the RV will reach deadly levels. Not all of them will survive the night"--Provided by publisher.

Temple Baker, the daughter of a well-known serial killer, assumes the role of a camp counselor at a camp for true crime enthusiasts while she attempts to unearth the truth surrounding her mother's murder, but becomes embroiled in a disturbing series of events when a girl is found dead in the woods.