Showing 1–8 of 8 books

• List: Alex Awards
• Genre: Mystery

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  Bellweather Rhapsody

  By Kate Racculia

  High-school students gather at the isolated Bellweather Hotel for a statewide music festival only to be trapped by a blizzard with an arrogant fingerless conductor, drunken chaperones, a missing corpse, and perhaps the ghosts of long-dead newlyweds.

  • Mystery, Thriller
  • Alex Awards 2015
  • ISBN: 9780544129917
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  Confessions

  By Kanae Minato

  Japanese teacher Yuko knows two middle-school students killed her daughter, and nothing in their explanations of why and how will stop her revenge.

  • Mystery, Thriller
  • Alex Awards 2015
  • ISBN: 9780316200929
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  Everything I Never Told You

  By Celeste Ng

  Lydia is dead. Is it murder? Suicide? As her family grieves for their perfect teen, they learn how little they really knew Lydia and how many secrets died with her.

  • Mystery, Thriller
  • Alex Awards 2015
  • ISBN: 9781594205712
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  Mother, Mother: A Novel

  By Koren Zailckas

  Why did Rose run away? Did Violet really stab her little brother? Is her alcoholic father really having an affair? In this chilling novel about family dysfunction, does mother really know best?

  • Mystery, Thriller
  • Alex Awards 2014
  • ISBN: 9780385347235
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  Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

  By Robin Sloan

  This story of complex code breaking, global conspiracy, and adventure all starts with a lonely bookstore and one unemployed web designer.

  • Mystery, Crime
  • Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014, Alex Awards 2013
  • ISBN: 9780374214913
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  Things We Have in Common

  By Tasha Kavanagh

  Yasmin wants to be close to the most beautiful girl in her school, but surely a freak like her has no chance. Unless, that is, she can save her from the man who was staring at her from the woods.

  • Mystery, Thriller
  • Alex Awards 2018
  • ISBN: 9780778326854
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  Those Who Wish Me Dead

  By Michael Koryta

  On the day Jace conquers the highest jump of the quarry, he discovers a murder victim and begins to run for his life.

  • Mystery, Thriller
  • Alex Awards 2015
  • ISBN: 9780316122559
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  The Unraveling of Mercy Louis

  By Keija Parssinen

  Mercy, a high school basketball star, lives under the thumb of her grandmother, a fierce believer in Y2K as the apocalypse. The year 1999 alters Mercy's life in a small Texas refinery town and gives her a future beyond it.

  • Mystery, Thriller
  • Alex Awards 2016
  • ISBN: 9780062319098