Mystery and Suspense

	Abbott, Tony. The Postcard While in St. Petersburg, Florida, to help clean out his recently-deceased grandmother's house, thirteen-year-old Jason finds an old postcard which leads him on an adventure that blends figures from an old, unfinished detective story with his family's past.
	Abrahams, Peter. Behind the Curtain: an Echo Falls mystery An avid Sherlock Holmes fan, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill is kidnapped while investigating mysterious happenings in her home town.
	Abrahams, Peter. Into the Dark: an Echo Falls mystery Thirteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes aficionado Ingrid Levin-Hill tries to clear her grandfather's name when he is accused of murdering an environmental activist found dead on his farm.
	Alcock, Vivien. The Sylvia Game During a trip to the seaside with her ne'er-do-well artist father, twelve-year-old Emily makes friends with a gypsy's son and the young heir to a stately home, who are struck by her resemblance to mysterious, long-dead Sylvia, a girl in a painting by Renoir.
	Allison, Jennifer. Gilda Joyce: the Ladies of the Lake Having earned a scholarship to a private girls' high school, self-proclaimed psychic investigator Gilda Joyce investigates the circumstances surrounding the drowning death of a student whose ghost supposedly haunts the campus.
	Avi. The Seer of Shadows In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn.
	Avi. Something Upstairs When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder by slave traders.
	Balliett, Blue. The Wright 3 In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.
	Bauer, Marion Dane. A Taste of Smoke Thirteen-year-old Caitlan looks forward to the camping trip with her older sister in the woods of northern Minnesota, but she doesn't count on the intrusion of her sister's boyfriend or the ghost of a boy who died in the fire that destroyed the forest a century before.
	Bellairs, John. The Curse of the Blue Figurine Johnny Dixon is plunged into a terrifying mystery-adventure when he removes a blue figurine called a shawabti from church.
	Bellairs, John. The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring Following clues in a mysterious deathbed letter, Rose Rita and a friendly witch, Mrs. Zimmerman, are lured into the sinister world of the occult.
	Berlin, Eric. The Puzzling World of Winston Breen Puzzle-crazy, twelve-year-old Winston and his ten-year-old sister Katie find themselves involved in a dangerous mystery involving a hidden ring. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.
	Bosch, Pseudonymous. The Name of This Book Is Secret Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.
	Broach, Elise. Masterpiece After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover an Albrecht Dürer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
	Bunting, Eve. The Ghost Children Matt's investigation of vandalism of life-sized dolls belonging to the strange but well-meaning aunt with whom he and his sister live takes him to the art world of Los Angeles.
	Byars, Betsy. The Dark Stairs: a Herculeah Jones mystery The intrepid Herculeah Jones helps her mother, a private investigator, solve a puzzling and frightening case.
	Carey, Benedict. The Unknowns When people start vanishing from a godforsaken trailer park next to the Folsom Energy Plant, two eleven-year-olds investigate using mathematical clues that were hastily planted by their friend Mrs. Clarke before she disappeared.
	Carman, Patrick. The Black Circle A mysterious telegram sends Amy and Dan Cahill off to Russia, where they search for a treasure stolen by the Nazis, the truth about the end of the Romanov dynasty, and information about the death of their parents. (The 39 Clues: Book Five)
	Cassedy, Sylvia. Behind the Attic Wall In the bleak, forbidding house of her great-aunts, neglected 12-year-old orphan Maggie hears ghostly voices and finds magic that awakens in her the capacity to love and be loved
	Chatterton, Martin. The Brain Finds a Leg In Farrago Bay, Australia, thirteen-year-old Sheldon is recruited by a new student, Theo Brain, to help investigate a murder, which is tied not only to bizarre animal behavior but also to a diabolical plot to alter human intelligence.
	Conrad, Hy. Kids’ Whodunits 2: crack the cases! (Paperback Collection)
	DeFelice, Cynthia. The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs Hindered by a fight with her friend Dub and a series of mysterious fires, eleven-year-old Allie investigates the fire seventeen years earlier which claimed the lives of the husband and infant son of a school cafeteria worker, as well as the handsome young man whose ghost asks Allie for help.
	Dowd, Siobhan. The London Eye Mystery When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and impatient Kat--to try to solve the mystery of what happened to Salim.
	Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir. The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes is out to discover the reason behind the strange murders at Baskerville Hall.
	Duncan, Lois. Down a Dark Hall Suspicious and uneasy about the atmosphere at her new boarding school, fourteen-year-old Kit slowly realizes why she and the other three students at the school were selected.
	Duncan, Lois. I Know What You Did Last Summer Four teenagers who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.
	Duncan, Lois. Summer of Fear Insidious occurrences convince Rachel that her cousin, Julia, is a witch and must be stopped.
	Duncan, Lois. The Third Eye High school senior Karen, who worries that her psychic powers will make her seem different from other people, is frightened at first when a young policeman asks her to use her gift to help the police locate missing children.
	Feinstein, John. Cover-Up: mystery at the Super Bowl Fledgling fourteen-year-old sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie investigate suspicious activities at the Super Bowl after Stevie gets fired from his co-anchor job on a ground-breaking teen sports show.
	Ferguson, Alane. The Christopher Killer: a forensic mystery On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger.
	Freeman, Martha. Who Stole Grandma’s Million Dollar Pumpkin Pie? When the recipe for his grandmother's famous pumpkin pie is suddenly missing just before Thanksgiving Day, Alex and his friend Yasmeen try to solve the mystery of its disappearance.
	Garfield, Leon. John Diamond Unsettling words from his dying father set twelve-year-old William on a mission to eighteenth-century London where, in the course of searching for his father's mysterious business partner, he encounters an odd assortment of characters, some of whom seem determined to kill him.
	Gerber, Linda. Death by Bikini Sixteen-year-old Aphra Behn Connolly investigates why her father let an unknown family stay at their exclusive tropical island resort, who strangled a famous rock star's girlfriend with her own bikini top, and what a smoldering teenaged guest is hiding. (Paperback Collection)
	Gerber, Linda. Death by Denim Sixteen-year-old Aphra and her mother, a CIA agent, are hiding in France under new identities, but they must go on the run again when their location is discovered by a dangerous criminal. (Paperback Collection)
	Golding, Julia. Cat Among the Pigeons Catherine "Cat" Royal, an orphan who lives at the Drury Lane Theater in 1790s London, rallies her friends to try to save Pedro from the clutches of Mr. Hawkins, a slavemaster who considers Pedro his property.
	Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Running Out of Time When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, 13-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists.
	Hahn, Mary Downing. Closed for the Season When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.
	Hahn, Mary Downing. The Doll in the Garden: a Ghost Story After Ashley and Kristi find an antique doll buried in old Miss Cooper's garden, they discover that they can enter a ghostly turn-of-the-century world by going through a hole in the hedge.
	Hamilton, Virginia. The House of Dies Drear A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.
	Hautman, Pete and Logue, Mary. Doppelganger High school newspaper reporter Roni finds an age-progressed photograph on a missing children's website of a boy that looks just like her sidekick Brian, throwing the pair into an investigation of Brian's past and family heritage.
	Hayes, Daniel. The Trouble with Lemons Tyler and Lymie, eighth grade misfits, discover a dead body in a quarry and work to uncover the mystery behind it.
	Hiaasen, Carl. Scat Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
	Higgins, F.E. The Bone Magician With his father, a fugitive falsely accused of multiple murders and the real serial killer stalking the wretched streets of Urbs Umida, Pin Carpue, a young undertaker's assistant, investigates and soon discovers that all of the victims may have attended the performance of a stage magician who claims to be able to raise corpses and make the dead speak.
	Hoffman, Mary. The Falconer’s Knot Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love.
	Hoobler, Dorothy. The Demon in the Teahouse In eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old Seikei, a merchant's son in training to be a samurai, helps his patron investigate a series of murders and arson in the capital city of Edo, each of which is associated in some way with a popular geisha.
	Hoobler, Dorothy. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan. (Book one)
	Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group Fifteen-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them--until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime.
	Keene, Carolyn. The Clue of the Dancing Puppet The young detective and her friends probe the mysterious movements of puppets on the Van Pelt estate.
	Keene, Carolyn. The Clue of the Velvet Mask When a gang that uses parties as a cover for robberies victimizes a masquerade party Nancy is attending, the teen-age detective switches identity with her girl friend to solve the case.
	Keene, Carolyn. The Mystery at Lilac Inn Nancy Drew investigates some suspicious accidents at a friend's newly-purchased inn and uncovers a clever gang of robbers involved in the theft of government property
	Keene, Carolyn. The Mystery of the 99 Steps Nancy's search for ninety-nine steps leads her to Paris and an exciting adventure in blackmail and alchemy
	Keene, Carolyn. The Phantom of Pine Hill Nancy and her two friends spend a week as guests in a Georgian mansion where they capture a phantom.
	Keene, Carolyn. The Secret of the Old Clock Nancy Drew solves her first mystery when the accidental rescue of a little girl who lives with her two great-aunts leads on an adventurous search for a missing will
	Lanthier, Jennifer. The Mystery of the Martello Tower In their attempts to solve the mystery of their father's disappearance, Hazel and her brother, Ned, find themselves involved with a trio of art thieves and uncover some disturbing family secrets.
	Leck, James. The Adventures of Jack Lime Fifteen-year-old narcoleptic self-styled private eye Jack Lime exposes the seamy underbelly of Iona High School as he investigates three mysteries.
	Littke, Lael. Lake of Secrets Having arrived in her mother's home town to try to find her long-missing brother, who disappeared three years before she was born, fifteen-year-old Carlene finds herself haunted by memories from a past life.
	Meehan, Kierin. Hannah’s Winter Australian teenager Hannah spends a semester in Japan with a Japanese family who are friends of her mother and, after finding a written message in a box and meeting a singing monk, is drawn into solving an ancient, mysterious riddle.
	Morgan, Clay. The Boy Who Returned from the Sea Jack is reunited with his beloved sheepdog Moxie on the island where they first met, but the dangerous Blackburn Jukes is there too, searching for valuable amber that is hidden in the island's bogs.
	Nixon, Joan Lowery. The Dark and Deadly Pool Sixteen-year-old Mary Elizabeth's summer job at an expensive health club turns out to be more exciting than she bargained for when a series of mysterious events culminate in murder.
	Nixon, Joan Lowery. The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore A teenage girl is kidnapped, but when freed, is accused of masterminding the scheme to extort money from her wealthy grandmother.
	Peacock, Shane. Death in the Air Young Sherlock Holmes finds himself immersed in a new mystery when he attends a trapeze performance at the magnificent Crystal Palace where the troupe's star falls to his death.
	Peacock, Shane. Eye of the Crow Young Sherlock finds comfort studying the world around him and reconstructing events, but when he decides to snoop around for clues to solve a sensational murder, Sherlock is accused of the crime and now must use all his mystery-solving clues to save himself.
	Peacock, Shane. Vanishing Girl Young Sherlock Holmes, aspiring master detective, travels to the country, the coast, and a haunted lair of night creatures in his investigations into the disappearance of a wealthy young socialite.
	Potter, Ellen. Slob Picked on, overweight genius Owen tries to invent a television that can see the past to find out what happened the day his parents were killed.
	Pullman, Philip. The Ruby in the Smoke In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
	Pullman, Philip. Whodunit?: detective stories Unexplained disappearances, daring thefts, perplexing mysteries, and the greatest sleuths of all time combine in this page-turning read. From Sherlock Holmes to Hercule Poirot, famous detectives puzzle their way through a maze of alibis and motives in this superb selection of classic and contemporary crime fiction. (Short Stories Collection)
t	Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
	Riordan, Rick. The Maze of Bones Dan and Amy Cahill are given the choice of receiving a million dollars or uncovering the thirty-nine clues hidden around the world that will lead to the source of the family's power, but by taking on the clues, they end up in a dangerous race against their own family.
	Roberts, Willo Davis. Twisted Summer Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.
	Roberts, Willo Davis. Undercurrents Fourteen-year-old Nikki has trouble accepting her new stepmother Crystal, and the problem grows worse when they visit the Northern California house where Crystal lived as a child and experienced some horrible event that she is trying to keep secret.
	Roberts, Willo Davis. The View from the Cherry Tree Rob admits having seen a murder, but no one believes him--except the murderer.
	Runholt, Susan. The Mystery of the Third Lucretia While traveling in London, Paris, and Amsterdam, fourteen-year-old best friends Kari and Lucas solve an international art forgery mystery.
	Springer, Nancy. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan: an Enola Holmes mystery While fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes endeavors to save her friend Lady Cecily Alistair from an unwelcome arranged marriage, she meets with some assistance from her older brother, Sherlock, and interference by the eldest, Mycroft.
	Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
	Stevenson, Robert Louis. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde In a classic story of good and evil, a gentle doctor's experiment into the duality of the soul goes awry and he is transformed into a monster at night.
	Van Draanen, Wendelin. Enemy Spy When Nolan witnesses a serious crime, he realizes he may not be able to hide behind his Shredderman identity this time.
	Van Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.
	Van Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen When cats begin to mysteriously disappear in Santa Martina, thirteen-year-old friends Sammy and Holly start snooping around town to find out what is happening.
	Van Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes When thirteen-year-old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang, and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team.
	Van Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy Sammy continues to make life with her grandmother interesting as she tries to discover who is stealing from St. Mary's church, befriends a homeless girl, and plays in a softball tournament against a bitter rival.
	Van Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things While on her first hiking and camping trip, thirteen-year-old Sammy tries to solve a mystery involving endangered condors while avoiding scorpions, ticks, and embarrassment.
	Watson, Jude. Beyond the Grave A Clue found in Japan has Amy and Dan jetting off to Egypt to find out just what's behind the fierce rivalry between the Tomas and Ekaterina branches of the Cahill family. Was a Clue stolen from the Tomas branch? Where is it now? And most important, can Amy and Dan get their hands on it before their rivals do? It's a wild race that will take Amy and Dan deep down into the tombs of Egypt. (The 39 Clues: Book Four)
	Watson, Jude. In Too Deep A hint from their parents’ past puts Amy and Dan on the trail of secrets their grandmother Grace would NEVER have wanted them to know. Awful memories begin to crowd in on Amy, just as her enemies circle closer. How far would she go to protect Dan? How much of a Cahill is she prepared to be? Perhaps Grace was right – some secrets are better left buried. (The 39 Clues: Book Six)
	Wright, Betty. A Ghost in the Family While visiting his friend Jeannie's eccentric Aunt Rosebud in a boarding house that may be haunted, ten-year-old Chad comes across a mystery involving a missing diamond bracelet.