criminal investigation

One year after her best friend, Audrey, went missing, Paige enters a world far darker than she ever could have imagined to find the truth after discovering a burner phone hidden in Audrey's old room that links her disappearance to that of another girl.

"Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn't going well. With the cold case of the century solved, Stevie is adrift. There is nothing to distract her from the questions pinging around her brain--questions about college, love, and life in general. Relief comes when David invites Stevie and her friends to join him for study abroad, and his new friend Izzy introduces her to a double-murder cold case. In 1995, nine friends from Cambridge University went to a country house and played a drunken game of hide-and-seek. Two were found in the woodshed the next day, murdered with an ax. The case was assumed to be a burglary gone wrong, but one of the remaining seven saw something she can't explain. This was no break-in. Someone's lying about what happened in the woodshed"--Provided by publisher.

"Gorou is an ob-gyn with a life far removed from the glitz and glamour of the entertainment industry--the world of his favorite idol, rising star Ai Hoshino. But when the two are unexpectedly brought together, their fates become intertwined in ways that defy all reason. For the good doctor, it's time to stan(d) and deliver!"--Back cover.

High school juniors and best friends Blair and Cameron start a true crime podcast to investigate a twenty-year-old unsolved murder in their hometown of Oreville, Washington, and after making a startling discovery, they accuse a potentially innocent man of murder on one of their episodes.

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.

"Future football star Micah Hudson's most prized possession is a football signed by the Jackson Vick. But when he brings it to school for show-and-tell, it mysteriously disappears! With the help of his best friend, Carter, and a checklist on how to be a detective, Micah follows a trail of clues to catch the thief. Will he discover the truth before school ends?"--Provided by publisher.

"Join Mason as he tackles ghosts, witches and grumpy teenagers to prove once and for all who the real talent in the world of paranormal creatures is. If anyone can take on the ghosts in the Grimbrook's haunted house--it's him. And no one else. But with an evil curse looming over him and the house's inhabitants, is Mason a bit out of his depth? Or is this just the challenge he needs to finally see some sense?"--Provided by publisher.

"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.

"In the months after Cam and Blair broke their small hometown's legendary missing-girl story and catapulted to accidental fame, they vowed never to do it again. Until Mattie Brosillard, a freshman at their high school, shows up on their doorstep, begging Cam and Blair for help. Mattie's sister Lola disappeared mysteriously five years ago. Now, she's back--but Mattie is convinced the girl who returned is an impostor. Nobody believes Mattie's wild story--not even Cam and Blair. But something is definitely wrong in the Brosillard family. And Blair has her own reasons for wanting to know what really happened to Lola while she was gone. With Cam and Blair still struggling with the aftermath of their first mystery--and with new secrets swirling between them--the stakes are higher than ever"--Provided by publisher.

What is forensic science and how is it used to solve a crime? How do you know if a red stain is blood or ketchup, or whose blood it is? Can computers really recognize your face in a crowd? How do scientists decide how old bones are, and trace who they once belonged to? Explore the fascinating, and sometimes gory, world of forensics, where science helps crack the case. Learn why it is important to secure a crime scene, why fingerprints are critical clues, and how DNA sampling works. Find out how maggots can reveal how long someone has been dead, or how a single fabric fibre can lead to the murderer. From the scene of the crime to testing in the laboratory, you will get to know how all the clues are put together to tell a story and reveal the guilty person. Discover how methods have changed since the days of Sherlock Holmes, the latest technology in use today, and techniques of the future.