homicide

After witnessing the murder of her mother and sisters, seven-year-old Libby Day testifies against her brother Ben, but twenty-five years later she tries to profit from her tragic history and admit that her story might not have been accurate.

After his childhood sweetheart is brutally killed and suspicion falls on him, Ig Parrish goes on a drinking binge and wakes up with horns on his head, hate in his heart, and a new power which he uses in the name of vengeance.

Whisked out of Paris ahead of the Prussian army in 1870, twelve-year-old Irene Adler is reunited in London with her friends, Sherlock Holmes and Ars?ne Lupin--but Ars?ne's father has been arrested for murder and the kidnapping of a famous opera singer, and it is up to the three young detectives to solve the mystery.

While on summer vacation at the seaside, twelve-year-old Irene Adler meets the young Sherlock Holmes, and his friend Ars?ne Lupin--and when a dead body floats ashore the three young friends set out to solve the mystery.

Investigates the murder of American activist Amy Biehl by a black mob in South Africa. Includes a map.

"A shy, overweight twelve-year-old and her best friend take on the case of a popular sixteen-year-old who died mysteriously leading to a breathtaking surprise twist"--Provided by publisher.

Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings, and she helps him delve into a case of serial murder which, Jackaby is convinced, is due to a nonhuman creature.

Seventeen-year-old Tyne and her boyfriend Stick investigate a decades-old murder after she finds the body of a girl in the basement wall of her apartment building.

"Growing up, Adrien and his sister, Grace, competed viciously for everything. It wasn't easy being the adopted sibling, but Adrien tried to get along... When their scientist parents died in a terrible lab fire, there was nothing left to hold them together. After years apart, Adrien and Grace are now forced to reunite for their senior year... Being back around everyone he used to know causes Adrien to examine the person he's become, even while being back around Grace turns him into someone he doesn't want to be. But all those questions are cast aside when Adrien starts to suspect that Grace might be stealing their parents' research...or worse, that she had a hand in their deaths"--Dust jacket.

Grace Baker is still reeling from the murder of her younger sister Nica. And even thought the class was closed after a classmate's suicide and suicide note murder confession, Grace is haunted by her sister's ghost and the nagging suspicion the real murderer is still out there.