mystery fiction

"Summer is here, school is out and there's...nothing to do?! Since grown-ups invaded the skating rink, there's nowhere for Mina's friends to hang out. Luckily, a high-stakes competition is about to mark the opening of a new skate park. As everyone gets weirdly intense about it, Mina faces a string of mysteries. Who stole her cousins' new bikes? What does Gareth Trumpshaw want? And who keeps levitating past her window?"--Provided by publisher.

When a strange bird crashes into a tree, Whoodini the owl investigates, questioning the farm animals and following the farmer and his granddaughter.

"Thirteen-year-old Simon and his friend Abbey become embroiled in mysterious and fantastical events surrounding the ancient Egyptian mirror of Simon's elderly neighbor, Mr. Hawkins. When the old man dies, a suspicious couple claiming to be his relatives move in. Simon, who has been plagued with a strange illness since first looking into the mirror, retrieves it from Mr. Hawkins' hiding place and seeks the help of a museum curator to unravel a dark spell tied to its original owner and to Mr. Hawkins' so-called niece"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Art is certain there is a grand heist about to occur at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, but no one believes him. Soon, he and his best friend Camille embark on a journey through DC as they try to prove the conspiracy and stop the heist before it's too late.

After high school graduation, Mac focuses on finding the serial killer who murdered his best friend the previous summer, while working through his own feelings for the deceased.

"Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the sixth-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh. The police won't do anything about it. And if they won't look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town's dark secrets along the way . . . and this time everyone is listening. But will she find him before it's too late?"--Amazon.com.

Jigsaw and Mila decide to investigate when a series of strange incidents lead people to believe a black bear may be loose in the town.

"The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect?"--Provided by publisher.

Liesl Weiss is happy to be the magic behind the curtain working in the distinguished rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke, Liesl is left in charge. She soon discovers the library's most prized manuscript is missing, but when she reports it to the police, she's told to keep quiet and to keep the library's doors open. Another librarian goes missing, and Liesl begins to investigate and finds herself coming face-to-face with the dark underbelly of the university.

"Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time. All at the exact moment of Stevie's greatest triumph . . . She knows who Truly Devious is. She's solved it. The greatest case of the century. At least, she thinks she has. With this latest tragedy, it's hard to concentrate on the past. Not only has someone died in town, but David disappeared of his own free will and is up to something. Stevie is sure that somehow--somehow--all these things connect. The three deaths in the present. The deaths in the past. The missing Alice Ellingham and the missing David Eastman. Somewhere in this place of riddles and puzzles there must be answers. Then another accident occurs as a massive storm heads toward Vermont. This is too much for the parents and administrators. Ellingham Academy is evacuated. Obviously, it's time for Stevie to do something stupid. It's time to stay on the mountain and face the storm--and a murderer"--Provided by publisher.