mystery fiction

In 1921, Perveen Mistry is one of the first female lawyers in India. Working at her father's law firm, she finds herself investigating a strange case when three widows of a wealthy mill owner sign over their inheritance to a charity. Suspecting the woman are being taken advantage of, Perveen sets out to uncover the truth. What she finds leads to murder which makes her even more determined to protect the widows.

While true-crime aficionado Ellery and her twin brother are staying with their grandmother in a Vermont community known for murder, a new friend disappears and Ellery may be next. Determined to protect herself and get to the bottom of things, Ellery uses her knowledge of true crimes to seek out the answers to the secrets everyone in town seems to be keeping.

A teen boy in upstate New York begins breaking into homes and hacking the owners' computers to learn their secrets; sometimes he even shares the secrets in prank emails. However, when a woman in the neighborhood is murdered, suspicion mounts. The neighbors will do anything to protect their secrets, to find out who the boy is and what he knows.

Eighteen-year-old, mystery-loving Birdie's new job at a historic Seattle hotel leads her and her co-worker, Daniel, to a real mystery about a reclusive writer who resides there.

A collection of mystery stories for teens written by Latino authors such as Mario Acevedo, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Diana Lopez, and others, and including stories that feature teenagers as they encounter challenges common for young adults.

"Justina 'Ju' Feliciano and her fellow seventh-grade sleuths are on the case! A sneaky vandal has damaged scenery from the middle school drama club production and the newbie detectives must catch the culprit before opening night. But Ju faces a completely different kind of mystery when a genetics assignment forces her to investigate the cold hard fact that her frizzy blonde hair and amber eyes don't match the shades of brown that run in her family. This is one case she wishes she didn't have to solve. Only there's no escaping the Blueprint of Life Project, so Ju searches the attic for family documents she needs to complete her schoolwork. Instead, she discovers strange clues that make her wonder if her parents are keeping a huge secret"--Amazon.com.

At an exclusive prep school on Long Island, Jill Newman looks forward to her senior year as a member of the school's most elite clique, the Players, until new evidence surfaces about the murder of her close friend Shaila.

The Bayview Four were cleared of responsibility for Simon's death, but the void left from Simon's gossip app has spawned copycats. Then a truth or dare game emerges with real-life consequences. But someone is pulling the strings, the dares grow deadly, and the attacks are strangely personal, as though that person is out for revenge.

Nicki and her friends try to find out who is behind the mysterious occurrences at the small, local bowling alley.

Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace.